CVE-2025-9218 (GCVE-0-2025-9218)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-13 04:31 – Updated: 2025-12-15 15:47
VLAI
Title
rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress 4.7.0 - 4.7.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Disclosure via handle_rest_pre_dispatch Function
Summary
The rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to to Information Disclosure due to missing authorization in the handle_rest_pre_dispatch() function when the Godam plugin is active, in versions 4.7.0 to 4.7.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve media items associated with draft or private posts.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rtcamp rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress Affected: 4.7.0 , ≤ 4.7.3 (semver)
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Credits
Kenneth Dunn
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