CVE-2025-11705

MEDIUM EXPLOITED

WordPress Anti-Malware Security - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2025-11705 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).

Description

The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 4.23.81 due to a missing capability check combined with an information exposure in several GOTMLS_* AJAX actions. 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.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-11705/

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3379118/gotmls

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e2c8838c-d29a-4df8-85b3-6e440ba7f962?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0057

EPSS Percentile 43.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2025-10-29

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (1)

scheeeli/Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall < 4.23.81

Published Oct 29, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026