VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-0953
The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress plugin before 4.20.96 does not sanitise and escape the QUERY_STRING before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in browsers which do not encode…
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 3.01%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.01%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress plugin before 4.20.96 does not sanitise and escape the QUERY_STRING before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in browsers which do not encode characters
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.01% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- download anti-malware security and brute-force firewall project/download anti-malware security and brute-force firewall
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/29ab3c7b-58e0-4a72-b7b4-ab12a6d54f5aExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/29ab3c7b-58e0-4a72-b7b4-ab12a6d54f5aExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.