WordPress DefendWP Firewall Plugin <= 1.1.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

published 2025-02-27 20 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-5471

cvss: 7.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

revmakx DefendWP Firewall 1.1.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-02-27)

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Affected products

revmakx DefendWP Firewall

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/defend-wp-firewall/vulnerability/wordpress-defendwp-firewall-plugin-1-1-0-broken-ac
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-22280
NVD CVE-2025-22280

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Summary