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Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files, CVE-2025-3923

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2025-3923

Published on
Apr 25, 2025
Research 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.
Affected versions
Min -, max 2.8.8.1.
Status
vulnerable