CVE-2025-6786
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe DocCheck Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized post access in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.5. This is due to plugin redirecting a user to login on a password protected post after the page has loaded. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read posts they should not have access to.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe DocCheck Login WordPress plugin versions up to 1.1.5 suffer from an information disclosure vulnerability where password-protected posts are rendered and accessible to unauthenticated users before the login redirect occurs. Attackers can read restricted content by accessing password-protected posts directly.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify DocCheck Login plugin installationCheck the WordPress plugins directory or wp-content/plugins/ for the 'doccheck-login' folder, or view the installed plugins list via WordPress adminAffected if The DocCheck Login plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Determine installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin file (doccheck-login.php) and locate the version comment/constant, or check the plugin header in the WordPress plugins admin pageAffected if The installed version is 1.1.5 or any earlier version (versions up to and including 1.1.5 are affected)
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Identify password-protected postsQuery the WordPress database for posts with post_password field set (SELECT * FROM wp_posts WHERE post_password != ''), or review posts marked as 'Password Protected' in the WordPress admin posts listAffected if Any password-protected posts exist on the site
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Verify unauthenticated access to restricted contentOpen a new browser session (incognito/private mode), navigate directly to a URL of a password-protected post, and observe whether content renders before any login redirect occursAffected if The post content is visible or rendered to unauthenticated users without requiring password entry first
A user is affected if the DocCheck Login plugin version is 1.1.5 or earlier AND the site contains password-protected posts that are accessible to unauthenticated users without authentication.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpdate the DocCheck Login plugin to the latest version immediately. If no fixed version is available, remove the plugin or implement alternative access controls on affected posts.
1.1.6 or latest available version
- Check the current version of the DocCheck Login plugin installed on your WordPress site
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins in the WordPress admin dashboard
- If the installed version is 1.1.5 or lower, update the plugin to the latest available version
- Verify the update completed successfully
- Test that password-protected posts now properly restrict access before authentication
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-6786 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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