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GHSA-3JR3-8HM5-HXQW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-25 06:30 – Updated: 2025-04-25 06:30

Details

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

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-25 05:25 – Updated: 2025-04-25 15:08

Title

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files <= 2.8.8 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure

Summary

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

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/prevent-direct-…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/preven…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	buildwps	Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files	Affected: * , ≤ 2.8.8 (semver)

Credits

Tom Broucke

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-3JR3-8HM5-HXQW

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

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