What is CVE-2025-8009?

CVE-2025-8009 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cleverplugins Security Ninja – Wordpress Plugin & Firewall, classified under Absolute Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2025-07-24.

How severe is CVE-2025-8009?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Cleverplugins Security Ninja – Wordpress Plugin & Firewall

CVE-2025-8009

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.

EPSS: 0.006 (45.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Cleverplugins Security Ninja – Wordpress Plugin & Firewall — versions 5.201

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-36 — Absolute Path Traversal

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8009?: CVE-2025-8009 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cleverplugins Security Ninja – Wordpress Plugin & Firewall, classified under Absolute Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2025-07-24.
How severe is CVE-2025-8009?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.