CVE-2025-3923 (GCVE-0-2025-3923)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-25 05:25 – Updated: 2025-04-25 15:08
VLAI?
Title
Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files <= 2.8.8 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure
Summary
The Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.8 via the 'generate_unique_string' due to insufficient randomness of the generated file name. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including files protected by the plugin if the attacker can determine the file name.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
buildwps Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files Affected: * , ≤ 2.8.8 (semver)
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Credits
Tom Broucke
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