CVE-2025-8009 json
Security Ninja – Secure Firewall & Secure Malware Scanner - 5.201 - 5.242 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read
published 2025-07-24 15 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-22484
- cvss
- 4.9
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 15 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- cleverplugins Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/51ee45f8-9978-48ec-8f87-229dc82938a8?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/security-ninja/trunk/modules/core-scanner/core-scanner.php#L33
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/security-ninja/trunk/modules/core-scanner/core-scanner.php#L186
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3333048/
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-8009
- NVD CVE-2025-8009
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