CVE-2025-7667 Information

Jul 16, 2025 cve

Description

The Restrict File Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to and including 1.1.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ‘restrict-file-access’ page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to to delete arbitrary files on the server which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php) via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restrict-file-access/trunk/admin/admin.php#L78 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e1105717-134b-48cc-960d-f78437c06793?source=cve

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1

CNNVD-202507-2020 (Published: 2025-07-15)

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