The Document Library Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to the plugin exposing an unauthenticated AJAX action dll_load_posts which returns a JSON table of document data without performing nonce or capability checks. The handler accepts an attacker-controlled args array where the status option explicitly allows draft, pending, future, and any. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve unpublished document titles and content via the AJAX endpoint.
Document Library Lite <= 1.1.6 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure
Problem type
Affected products
barn2media
<= 1.1.6 - AFFECTED
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b73d48a-1f10-4e47-a18f-82a3103b72bd?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/document-library-lite/tags/1.1.5/src/Table/Ajax_Handler.php#L23
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/document-library-lite/tags/1.1.5/src/Table/Ajax_Handler.php#L32
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/document-library-lite/tags/1.1.5/src/Simple_Document_Library.php#L492
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3385033/document-library-lite/trunk/src/Table/Ajax_Handler.php
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-cq4p-v24g-p55q
The Document Library Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Authorization in all...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cq4p-v24g-p55qThe Document Library Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to the plugin exposing an unauthenticated AJAX action dll_load_posts which returns a JSON table of document data without performing nonce or capability checks. The handler accepts an attacker-controlled args array where the status option explicitly allows draft, pending, future, and any. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve unpublished document titles and content via the AJAX endpoint.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11174
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/document-library-lite/tags/1.1.5/src/Simple_Document_Library.php#L492
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/document-library-lite/tags/1.1.5/src/Table/Ajax_Handler.php#L23
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/document-library-lite/tags/1.1.5/src/Table/Ajax_Handler.php#L32
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3385033/document-library-lite/trunk/src/Table/Ajax_Handler.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b73d48a-1f10-4e47-a18f-82a3103b72bd?source=cve
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cq4p-v24g-p55q
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