# Security Ninja – WordPress Security & Firewall

> WordPress security plugin: free 8G firewall/WAF, 50+ tests, vulnerability/core scanning, events logging, AI reports.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-06 04:22 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `security-ninja`
- Author: cleverplugins
- Version: 5.308
- Active installs: 7,000+
- Last update: 2026-11-03 (3 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 4.7, PHP 7.4
- Tags: firewall, malware, security, vulnerability, WAF
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/security-ninja/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 3 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Phones home ↔ Private, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-04-30 MEDIUM: Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter (up to 5.222). WF-d694491c-c0f5-4418-805a-db792ea4f712-43, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d694491c-c0f5-4418-805a-db792ea4f712?source=api-prod
- 2025-07-23 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read (5.201 to 5.242). CVE-2025-8009, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/51ee45f8-9978-48ec-8f87-229dc82938a8?source=api-prod
- 2023-07-18 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get (5.50 to 5.158). WF-5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e-368, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e?source=api-prod
- 2022-03-04 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization Checks (before 5.135). WF-39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42-223, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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