WP Hide & Security Enhancer <= 1.3.9.2 — Arbitrary File Download
aee59a8f-7f21-4572-b146-ab1b6350ddb1Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.3.9.2Update to 1.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
WP Hide & Security Enhancer wp-hide-security-enhancer
- Affected≤ 1.3.9.2
- Patched in1.4
Update to 1.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.3.9.2. Version 1.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP Hide & Security Enhancer.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP Hide & Security Enhancer to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Julio Potier.
The WP Hide & Security Enhancer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Download in versions before 1.4. This is due to insufficient validation on the file path supplied via the 'file_path' parameter. This makes it possible for attackers to arbitrarily download files such as the wp-config.php file.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in WP Hide & Security Enhancer
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.5 | Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Contents Deletion ≤2.5.1Update to 2.5.2 | CVE-2024-11585 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.7.9.2Update to 1.8 | CVE-2022-2538 |
- High7.5Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Contents Deletion
≤2.5.1Update to 2.5.2
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.7.9.2Update to 1.8
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.