# CVE-2025-14864: Virusdie <= 1.1.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) API Key Disclosure

> Authenticated subscribers can retrieve the Virusdie API key due to missing authorization checks, potentially compromising the site owner's account.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g989-4692-3qw2

## What is CVE-2025-14864?

CVE-2025-14864 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Virusdie – One-click website security, published on 19 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Virusdie - One-click website security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.7. This is due to missing capability checks on the `vd_get_apikey` function which is hooked to `wp_ajax_virusdie_apikey`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve the site's Virusdie API key, which could be used to access the site owner's Virusdie account and potentially compromise site security.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14864?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-14864?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14864 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14864 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14864 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14864 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14864 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Virusdie – One-click website security, published on 19 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14864 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Virusdie – One-click website security. 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-2025-14864/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14864/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14864
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14864
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14864

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14864/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.