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Medium · 4.9 CVE-2025-8009 EUVD-2025-22484GHSA-8wmc-rr78-8pf9

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

Published Jul 24, 2025 · Updated Jul 24, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
cleverplugins Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall 5.201 – ≤ 5.242 —

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