Premium Age Verification Restriction Plugin up to 3.0.2 on WordPress remote_tunnel.php path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Premium Age Verification Restriction Plugin up to 3.0.2 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the file remote_tunnel.php. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-7401. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Premium Age Verification Restriction Plugin up to 3.0.2 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file remote_tunnel.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Premium Age Verification / Restriction for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write due to the existence of an insufficiently protected remote support functionality in remote_tunnel.php in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read from or write to arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make the exposure of sensitive information or remote code execution possible.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-7401 since 07/09/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/11/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:remote_tunnel.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-21108). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• Premium Age Verification Restriction Plugin

Version

• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2

CPE 2.3info

• 🔒
• 🔒
• 🔒

CPE 2.2info

• 🔒
• 🔒
• 🔒

CVSSv4info

CVSSv3info

CVSSv2info

Exploitinginfo

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Countermeasuresinfo

Timelineinfo

Sourcesinfo

Entryinfo

Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Discussion