# CVE-2025-11174: Document Library Lite <= 1.1.6 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure

> Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve unpublished document titles and content via an unprotected AJAX endpoint in the Document Library Lite plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cq4p-v24g-p55q

## What is CVE-2025-11174?

CVE-2025-11174 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in barn2media Document Library Lite, published on 1 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Document Library Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to the plugin exposing an unauthenticated AJAX action dll_load_posts which returns a JSON table of document data without performing nonce or capability checks. The handler accepts an attacker-controlled args array where the status option explicitly allows draft, pending, future, and any. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve unpublished document titles and content via the AJAX endpoint.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11174?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-11174?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11174 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-11174 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11174 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Document Library Lite <= 1.1.6 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure | CVE-2025-11174 (github_poc): https://github.com/SnailSploit/CVE-2025-11174

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-11174 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-11174 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in barn2media Document Library Lite, published on 1 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11174 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: barn2media Document Library Lite. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11174/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11174/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11174
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11174
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-11174

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11174/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.