WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

BetterDocs < 4.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Private And Password-Protected Posts Information Disclosure

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.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.1.2

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
xitsec
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-08-15 (about 8 months ago)
Added
2025-08-15 (about 8 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-08-16 (about 8 months ago)

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