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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-3861

The Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data| due to a misconfigured capability check on t

Published Apr 25, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 25, 2025 · Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-3861. EPSS is 0.29%. Act only if a listed version of Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.29%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor buildwps Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files 2.8.6 ≤2.8.8.2

The Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data| due to a misconfigured capability check on the 'pda_lite_custom_permission_check' function in versions 2.8.6 to 2.8.8.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to access and change the protection status of media.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor buildwps Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files 2.8.6 ≤2.8.8.22.8.6 ≤2.8.8.2

How to fix CVE-2025-3861

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-3861. EPSS is 0.29%. Act only if a listed version of Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with buildwps Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files 2.8.6 ≤2.8.8.2 2.8.6 ≤2.8.8.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.29%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 25, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data| due to a misconfigured capability check on the 'pda_lite_custom_permission_check' function in versions 2.8.6 to 2.8.8.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to access and change the protection status of medi

  2. Apr 25, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data| due to a misconfigured capability check on the 'pda_lite_custom_permission_check' function in versions 2.8.6 to 2.8.8.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to access and change the protection status of medi

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-3861

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-3861

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-12398

    The Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data| due to a misconfigured capability check on the 'pda_lite_custom_permission_check' function in versions 2.8.6 to 2.8.8.2. This makes it possible

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.