CVE-2025-7499 (GCVE-0-2025-7499)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-16 07:25
Modified
2026-04-08 16:52
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wpdevteam | BetterDocs – Knowledge Base Docs & FAQ Solution for Elementor & Block Editor |
Version: 0 ≤ 4.1.1 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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