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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2025-3861 EUVD-2025-12398GHSA-2cf2-4mqr-v9rj

Prevent Direct Access 2.8.6 - 2.8.8.2 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Multiple Media Actions

Published Apr 25, 2025 · Updated Apr 25, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

The Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data| due to a misconfigured capability check on the 'pda_lite_custom_permission_check' function in versions 2.8.6 to 2.8.8.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to access and change the protection status of media.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
buildwps Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files 2.8.6 – ≤ 2.8.8.2 —

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