---
id: CVE-2025-11705
title: >-
  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…
summary: >-
  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…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
published: '2025-10-29'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T11:10:00.250'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11705'
references:
  - url: 'https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3379118/gotmls'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: 'https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-11705/'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e2c8838c-d29a-4df8-85b3-6e440ba7f962?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00457
epssPercentile: 0.37653
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T11:31:27.666Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.