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Description

The Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.8 via the 'generate_unique_string' due to insufficient randomness of the generated file name. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including files protected by the plugin if the attacker can determine the file name.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-24 | Published 2025-04-25 | Updated 2026-04-08 | Assigner Wordfence




MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Problem types

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version
affected

Timeline

2025-04-24:Disclosed

Credits

Tom Broucke finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-a72f-418e-bf1b-ad4ecc27d365?source=cve

plugins.svn.wordpress.org/.../tags/2.8.8/includes/helper.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...cess/trunk/includes/helper.php

cve.org (CVE-2025-3923)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-3923)

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