Vulnerability · Published Aug 16, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-7499BetterDocs <= 4.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Private And Password-Protected Posts Information Disclosure

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in BetterDocs – Knowledge Base Docs & FAQ Solution for Elementor & Block Editor from wpdevteam. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The BetterDocs – Advanced AI-Driven Documentation, FAQ & Knowledge Base Tool for Elementor & Gutenberg with Encyclopedia, AI Support, Instant Answers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the get_response function in all versions up to and including 4.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve passwords for password-protected documents as well as the metadata of private and draft documents.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
wpdevteam	BetterDocs – Knowledge Base Docs & FAQ Solution for Elementor & Block Editor	0 – through 4.1.1

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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