CVE-2025-7499

BetterDocs <= 4.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Private And Password-Protected Posts Information Disclosure

mediumMissing Authorization

5.3

CVSS Score

5.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

4.1.2

Patched in

Time to patch

Description

The BetterDocs – Advanced AI-Driven Documentation, FAQ & Knowledge Base Tool for Elementor & Gutenberg with Encyclopedia, AI Support, Instant Answers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the get_response function in all versions up to and including 4.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve passwords for password-protected documents as well as the metadata of private and draft documents.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Low

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=4.1.1

PublishedAugust 15, 2025

Last updatedAugust 16, 2025

Affected pluginbetterdocs

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5231b741-4d02-45b5-b2aa-0d9d3536a416?source=api-prod

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