CVE-2025-8009
Security Ninja – Secure Firewall & Secure Malware Scanner - 5.201 - 5.242 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read
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Security Ninja – Secure Firewall & Secure Malware Scanner - 5.201 - 5.242 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read
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.
Reserved 2025-07-21 | Published 2025-07-24 | Updated 2025-07-24 | Assigner WordfenceCWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal
| 2025-07-22: | Vendor Notified |
| 2025-07-23: | Disclosed |
Jonas Benjamin Friedli
www.wordfence.com/...-9978-48ec-8f87-229dc82938a8?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../core-scanner/core-scanner.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../core-scanner/core-scanner.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3333048/
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