Information disclosure in Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files plugin



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2025-3923
CWE-ID CWE-200
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Prevent Direct Access
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor BWPS

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU107962

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3923

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient randomness of the generated file name in the "generate_unique_string" function. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Prevent Direct Access: 2.8.0 - 2.8.8

CPE2.3 External links

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/prevent-direct-access/tags/2.8.8/includes/helper.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/prevent-direct-access/trunk/includes/helper.php#L16
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f648a9ca-a72f-418e-bf1b-ad4ecc27d365?source=cve


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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