Known vulnerabilities in Prevent Files / Folders Access

Prevent public access to WordPress files and folders. Protect downloads from public access, Role-based folder access, and User base folder access.

2Reported vulnerabilities

7.2Highest CVSS score

2.6.4Latest version

1,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Prevent Files / Folders Access to 2.6.1 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: July 14, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2023-4238	High 7.2	1.6%	Before 2.5.2	`2.5.2`	September 25, 2023
CVE-2025-53561	Medium 4.3	0.4%	2.6.0 and earlier	`2.6.1`	August 6, 2025

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.