CVE-2025-8009CWE-36

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

Medium · published July 24, 2025

CVSS v3.1
4.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
51.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00673 · 51.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-36 · Absolute Path Traversal
Published
2025-07-24T07:22Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 JUL 07:22Z
    Security Ninja – Secure Firewall & Secure Malware Scanner - 5.201 - 5.242 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read
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