Medium severity · published Aug 16, 2025
CVE-2025-7499
BetterDocs <= 4.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Private And Password-Protected Posts Information Disclosure
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BK
BetterDocs – Knowledge Base Docs & FAQ Solution for Elementor & Block Editor · wpdevteam
through 4.1.1 · source: vendor
Affected product
BK
BetterDocs – Knowledge Base Docs & FAQ Solution for Elementor & Block Editor
wpdevteam
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7499
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7499
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betterdocs/tags/4.1.0/includes/REST/DocCategories.php#L82
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3338384/
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5231b741-4d02-45b5-b2aa-0d9d3536a416?source=cve
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