CVE-2025-14442: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2025-14442 is a sensitive information exposure vulnerability in the Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking WordPress plugin by AYS Pro, affecting all versions up to and including 4.9.2. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to access exported CSV files containing sensitive user data by directly requesting predictable file paths in a publicly accessible directory. It was disclosed on December 12, 2025, with the fix available in version 4.9.3. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.3 (Medium), assigned by Wordfence (Wordfence).

The root cause is classified as CWE-552 (Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties). The plugin exports user data to CSV files stored in a publicly accessible web directory using predictable filenames, without any access controls or authentication checks on those files. An unauthenticated attacker can construct or guess the URL to the exported CSV file and retrieve it directly via an HTTP GET request, bypassing any WordPress authentication layer entirely. The vulnerable code path is visible in the plugin's admin class at class-secure-copy-content-protection-admin.php (line 557 in version 4.9.0), and the fix is reflected in version 4.9.3 at the same file (Wordfence, WordPress Trac (4.9.0), WordPress Trac (4.9.3)).

Successful exploitation exposes sensitive user data stored in the exported CSV files, including email addresses, IP addresses, usernames, user roles, and location data. This information can be leveraged for targeted phishing campaigns, credential stuffing, account enumeration, or further reconnaissance against the affected WordPress site and its users. There is no integrity or availability impact; the vulnerability is limited to confidentiality loss (Wordfence).

No public exploit code or active in-the-wild exploitation has been reported for CVE-2025-14442 as of the available data. The EPSS score is approximately 0.028%, indicating a low probability of exploitation in the near term. The vulnerability does not require authentication, credentials, or user interaction, making it trivially exploitable by any network-accessible attacker if the CSV files are present. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog (Wordfence).

1. Reconnaissance: Identify WordPress sites running the Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking plugin (versions ≤ 4.9.2) using tools like WPScan, Shodan, or by checking /wp-content/plugins/secure-copy-content-protection/ for plugin presence.
2. Identify export directory: Determine the publicly accessible directory where CSV exports are stored, typically within the plugin's directory structure under the WordPress web root (e.g., /wp-content/plugins/secure-copy-content-protection/).
3. Predict or enumerate filenames: Construct or enumerate predictable CSV filenames based on known naming conventions used by the plugin (e.g., timestamp-based or static names).
4. Directly request the CSV file: Send an unauthenticated HTTP GET request to the predicted URL (e.g., https://target.com/wp-content/plugins/secure-copy-content-protection/<predictable-filename>.csv).
5. Harvest sensitive data: Parse the downloaded CSV file to extract user emails, IP addresses, usernames, roles, and location data for use in further attacks (Wordfence).

• Network: Unauthenticated HTTP GET requests to paths matching /wp-content/plugins/secure-copy-content-protection/*.csv in web server access logs; repeated requests from a single IP to plugin directories.
• Logs: Web server access logs (Apache/Nginx) showing 200 OK responses to direct CSV file requests without a preceding authenticated WordPress session; unusual access patterns to plugin subdirectories.
• File System: Presence of CSV export files in the plugin's publicly accessible directory (e.g., /wp-content/plugins/secure-copy-content-protection/) containing user PII data.

Update the Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking plugin to version 4.9.3 or later, which addresses the insecure file storage issue (WordPress Plugin Page). As an interim workaround, administrators can add an .htaccess rule or Nginx configuration to block direct HTTP access to the plugin's export directory, or manually delete any existing CSV export files from the server. Regularly auditing publicly accessible directories within WordPress plugin folders for sensitive data files is also recommended.

The vulnerability was reported and assigned by Wordfence, which published the advisory on December 12, 2025. It was subsequently indexed by ENISA's EUVD (EUVD-2025-203073) and referenced by INCIBE-CERT. No notable researcher commentary or significant social media discussion beyond standard CVE tracking has been observed (Wordfence).