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CVE-2025-6070: Restrict File Access <= 1.1.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-06-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Restrict File Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.2 via the output() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affected products

• josxha Restrict File Access: through 1.1.2

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restrict-file-access/trunk/url_rewrite/url_rewrite.php#L77
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e9eec61-bf51-4cf7-b567-58ee2ccd91c5?source=cve

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