CVE-2025-22280

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

7.6 High

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: High
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.28%Up 0.2 points since Feb 28, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.6

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

Record: CVE-2025-22280
CVSS 3.1: 7.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-5471 7.6

Record: EUVD-2025-5471
CVSS 3.1: 7.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6mj6-gx42-5596 7.6

Missing Authorization vulnerability in revmakx DefendWP Firewall allows Exploiting Incorrectly...

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

Record: GHSA-6mj6-gx42-5596
CVSS 3.1: 7.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 7.6

Record: CVE-2025-22280
CVSS 3.1: 7.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

revmakx defendwp firewall

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-22280 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.6) in Revmakx Defendwp Firewall, published February 27, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.