CVE-2025-7401: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress plugin is affected by a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-7401) discovered in July 2025. The vulnerability exists in all versions up to and including 3.0.2, affecting the remote support functionality in remote_tunnel.php. This security flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary file read and write operations on affected WordPress sites (NVD).

The vulnerability stems from an insufficiently protected remote support functionality in the remote_tunnel.php file. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating the highest severity level. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials), suggesting the presence of hardcoded authentication mechanisms that could be exploited (NVD).

The exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to arbitrary files on the affected site's server. This access could result in the exposure of sensitive information and potentially enable remote code execution on the compromised system (NVD).

Users of the Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress plugin should immediately update their installations to a version newer than 3.0.2 if available. If no patch is available, it is recommended to consider temporarily disabling the plugin until a security fix is released (NVD).