The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-3923 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution
of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may
impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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New CVE Received
by [email protected]Apr. 25, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description 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. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Added CWE CWE-200 Added Reference https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/prevent-direct-access/tags/2.8.8/includes/helper.php Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/prevent-direct-access/trunk/includes/helper.php#L16 Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f648a9ca-a72f-418e-bf1b-ad4ecc27d365?source=cve