CVE-2025-1404: Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking <= 4.4.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated User Email Retrieval via ays_sccp_reports_user_search Function

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: 2025-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the ays_sccp_reports_user_search() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve a list of registered user emails.

Affected products

ays-pro Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking: through 4.4.7

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/secure-copy-content-protection/tags/4.4.6/admin/class-secure-copy-content-protection-admin.php#L943
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/secure-copy-content-protection/tags/4.4.6/admin/js/secure-copy-content-protection-admin.js
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3246301
https://wordpress.org/plugins/secure-copy-content-protection/#developers
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7363b5de-db30-4b35-b701-5c8f2835ec6c?source=cve

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