PT-2025-8942 · Unknown · Defendwp Firewall

Tom Broucke · Published 2025-02-27 · Updated 2025-02-27 · CVE-2025-22280

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions DefendWP Firewall versions 1.1.0 and earlier

Description A Missing Authorization issue in DefendWP Firewall allows exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels.

Recommendations For DefendWP Firewall versions 1.1.0 and earlier, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue, as no specific workaround is provided for these versions. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-22280

Affected Products

Defendwp Firewall

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22280 · Security Note
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/1880 · Telegram Post
• https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/defend-wp-firewall/vulnerability/wordpress-defendwp-firewall-plugin-1-1-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1895241202473353626 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/19038 · Telegram Post
• https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/defend-wp-firewall/vulnerability/wordpress-defendwp-firewall-plugin-1-1-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/112619 · Telegram Post