🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2025-8009

MEDIUM 4.9

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

CVSS Score
4.9
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-36
Vendor cleverplugins
Product security ninja – wordpress security plugin & firewall
Published Jul 24, 2025
Last Updated Jul 24, 2025
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

cleverplugins / Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall
5.201 ≤ 5.242

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/51ee45f8-9978-48ec-8f87-229dc82938a8?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/security-ninja/trunk/modules/core-scanner/core-scanner.php#L33 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/security-ninja/trunk/modules/core-scanner/core-scanner.php#L186 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3333048/

Credits

Jonas Benjamin Friedli