Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall <= 4.23.81 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read

2025-10-28 15:41
Dmitrii Ignatyev

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 4.23.83
Affected Version<= 4.23.81
CVSS6.5Medium
CVECVE-2025-11705
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Vulnerability Overview

The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 4.23.81 due to a missing capability check combined with an information exposure in several GOTMLS_* AJAX actions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.23.83, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

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