Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall: Filesystem traversal
Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall is affected by filesystem traversal. Exploitation requires at least administrator-level access. A crafted path can escape the intended directory and reach files or directories elsewhere on the server.
- Component
- Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall
- Plugin slug
security-ninja- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jul 24, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-36 — Absolute Path Traversal
This CVE was published Jul 24, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Security Ninja – WordPress Security Plugin & Firewall to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N