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.
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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. | |
Title | Security Ninja – Secure Firewall & Secure Malware Scanner - 5.201 - 5.242 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read | |
Weaknesses | CWE-36 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2025-07-24T07:22:12.991Z
Updated: 2025-07-24T13:16:52.588Z
Reserved: 2025-07-21T21:53:13.604Z
Link: CVE-2025-8009

Updated: 2025-07-24T13:16:50.267Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-07-24T08:15:30.880
Modified: 2025-07-25T15:29:19.837
Link: CVE-2025-8009

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