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CVE-2025-14980: BetterDocs <= 4.3.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: 2026-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The BetterDocs plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.3 via the scripts() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including the OpenAI API key stored in plugin settings.

Affected products

• wpdevteam BetterDocs – Knowledge Base Docs & FAQ Solution for Elementor & Block Editor: through 4.3.3

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3430424%40betterdocs%2Ftags%2F4.3.4&old=3422660%40betterdocs%2Ftrunk
• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-14980/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1595f231-d300-484a-a0e1-1e2bc7b82ed3?source=cve

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