CVE-2025-3923 – WordPress Prevent Direct Access – Sensitive Information Exposure

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-3923 vulnerability over time.

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impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • 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
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