# CVE-2025-7401: Path traversal in Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress

> Unauthenticated attackers can read or write arbitrary files via remote_tunnel.php, potentially leading to information disclosure or remote code execution.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xr9q-85p6-f6xr

## What is CVE-2025-7401?

CVE-2025-7401 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in aa-team Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress, published on 11 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write due to the existence of an insufficiently protected remote support functionality in remote_tunnel.php in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read from or write to arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make the exposure of sensitive information or remote code execution possible.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7401?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-7401?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7401 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-7401 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7401 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress <= 3.0.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read and Write (github_poc): https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2025-7401

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-7401 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-7401 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in aa-team Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress, published on 11 Jul 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-2025-7401 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: aa-team Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress. 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-2025-7401/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7401/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7401
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7401
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-7401

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7401/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.