CVE-2025-11738: Media Library Assistant <= 3.29 - Unauthenticated Limited File Read

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-10-18 · updated 2026-10-09
Weakness: CWE-73

Description

The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to limited file reading in all versions up to, and including, 3.29 via the mla-stream-image.php file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary ai/eps/pdf/ps files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affected products

dglingren Media Library Assistant: through 3.29

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3379043%40media-library-assistant&new=3379043%40media-library-assistant&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3379044%40media-library-assistant&new=3379044%40media-library-assistant&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/43d1264a-2265-4423-a643-7ef6436d3764?source=cve

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