CVE-2025-22280 HIGH

CVE-2025-22280: WordPress DefendWP Firewall Plugin <= 1.1.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Revmakx

Product DefendWP Firewall

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published February 27, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.6/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality Low

Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in revmakx DefendWP Firewall defend-wp-firewall allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects DefendWP Firewall: from n/a through <= 1.1.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 27, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22280 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html

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