Title: Security Fail!
Last modified: January 29, 2023

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# Security Fail!

 *  [ebonweaver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ebonweaver/)
 * (@ebonweaver)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-fail-2/)
 * Useless because there is no actual security on the files! The option for who 
   can see it only affects the display in the WP navigation, the files themselves
   are completely unprotected and open to the world! Hilariously, hitting the root
   files URL gives a 403 instead of showing you a file browser despite being authenticated.
   So it’s a double fail when it comes to permissions. Highly unfortunate, it’s 
   a great UI if it was actually functional from a security standpoint.

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