PT-2025-30640 · WordPress · The Security Ninja – Wordpress Security Plugin & Firewall

Published 2025-07-24 · Updated 2025-08-08 · CVE-2025-8009

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall versions prior to 5.243

Description The Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall plugin for WordPress is susceptible to an arbitrary file read issue. This allows authenticated attackers with Administrator-level access or higher to extract sensitive data, including the contents of any file on the server, through the get file source function.

Recommendations Update The Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall to version 5.243 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-36

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-8009

Affected Products

The Security Ninja – Wordpress Security Plugin & Firewall

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8009 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/security-ninja/trunk/modules/core-scanner/core-scanner.php#L33 · Note
• https://twitter.com/jmdevlabs/status/1953936200651137115 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/51ee45f8-9978-48ec-8f87-229dc82938a8?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/security-ninja/trunk/modules/core-scanner/core-scanner.php#L186 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1948288222728946161 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3333048 · Note