5.3

CVE-2025-7499: wordpress betterdocs Missing Authorization

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 16-08-2025Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-7499 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Missing Authorization vulnerability in wordpress betterdocs. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.9% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 4.1.2.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.31%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The BetterDocs – Advanced AI-Driven Documentation, FAQ & Knowledge Base Tool for Elementor & Gutenberg with Encyclopedia, AI Support, Instant Answers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the get_response function in all versions up to and including 4.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve passwords for password-protected documents as well as the metadata of private and draft documents.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

22%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.29% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.31%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress1 product
  • betterdocs≤ 4.1.1 (fixed in 4.1.2)
Wpdevteam1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links