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security-plugin-firewall-malware-scanner-with-auto-removal is a WordPress plugin with 2 published CVE records in this archive. The latest tracked vulnerability was published Oct 30, 2026; an upstream CVSS base score is still pending.

Plugin slug: security-plugin-firewall-malware-scanner-with-auto-removal

CVE-2026-114444: Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal: Sensitive file disclosure

The Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal WordPress plugin before 2.191 does not restrict its File System Watcher file viewer to Super Admins or to the files it legitimately tracks, allowing a non-super-admin administrator, including a subsite administrator on WordPress multisite, to read the contents of sensitive tracked files such as the main configuration file and disclose the site's authentication keys, salts and, on a standard install, database credentials. The structured affected range is < 2.191.

PublishedOct 30, 2026
Known safe version2.191
Published vulnerabilities for security-plugin-firewall-malware-scanner-with-auto-removal
Safe version
Oct 30, 2026 CVE-2026-114444
Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal: Sensitive file disclosure
The Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal WordPress plugin before 2.191 does not restrict its File System Watcher file viewer to Super Admins or to the files it legitimately tracks, allowing a non-super-admin administrator, including a subsite administrator on WordPress multisite, to read the contents of sensitive tracked files such as the main configuration file and disclose the site's authentication keys, salts and, on a standard install, database credentials. The structured affected range is < 2.191.
2.191
CVEPending
Oct 30, 2026 CVE-2026-114443
Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal: Password verification bypass
The Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal WordPress plugin before 2.191 does not verify the account password before accepting an authenticator-app two-factor code at login, allowing anyone who holds a user's current authenticator code to log in as that user, including an administrator, without the password. The structured affected range is < 2.191.
2.191
CVEPending