CVE 4.9 MEDIUM

Security Ninja – Secure Firewall & Secure Malware Scanner – 5.201 – 5.242 – Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read_CVE-2025-8009

4.9 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

The Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 5.242 via the 'get_file_source' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to extract sensitive data, including the contents of any file on the server.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-8009
Source Wordfence
Published Jul 24, 2025 at 07:22
Modified Jul 24, 2025 at 13:16

Affected Product

Vendor cleverplugins
Product Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall
Version 5.201
Affected Versions cleverplugins Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall 5.201

CWE Classification

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