CVE-2025-8009: Security Ninja – Secure Firewall & Secure Malware Scanner - 5.201 - 5.242 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read
cleverplugins · Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall
Affected: cleverplugins Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 54% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- cleverplugins · Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewallfrom 5.201 up to and including 5.242
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- cleverplugins
- Published
- July 2025
CoverageNo articles yet
No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2025-8009 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.
References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-36cwe.mitre.org
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/51ee45f8-9978-48ecwordfence.com
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/security-ninja/trunk/modules/plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/security-ninja/trunk/modules/plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3333048plugins.trac.wordpress.org