Sensitive Information Exposure Vulnerability in Prevent Direct Access Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2025-3923

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 April 2025

Summary

The Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files plugin for WordPress is susceptible to exposure of sensitive data due to insufficient randomness in the generated file names. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability to access and extract protected files if they can deduce the file name, posing potential risks to sensitive information stored by the plugin.

Affected Version(s)

Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files * <= 2.8.8

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Tom Broucke
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