CVE-2025-11705 Missing authorization in Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall
Authenticated subscribers can read arbitrary server files due to missing capability checks in AJAX actions, exposing sensitive information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-11705?
CVE-2025-11705 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in scheeeli Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall, published on 29 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11705?
How do I fix CVE-2025-11705?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11705 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-11705 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11705 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r62f-cx5r-q9jm.