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

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-7499
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published August 15, 2025
Last Updated August 16, 2025
Researcher xitsec
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug betterdocs (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1.1
Patched Version
  • 4.1.2
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