Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The Malware Scanner plugin and the Web Application Firewall plugin for WordPress (both by MiniOrange) are vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the mowpnsinit() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.2 (for Malware Scanner) and 2.1.1 (for Web Application Firewall). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.6
EPSS
0.04%
SQL Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in miniorange Malware Scanner.This issue affects Malware Scanner: from n/a through 4.7.2.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.3
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in miniorange Malware Scanner allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Malware Scanner: from n/a through 4.7.1.

Remedy

Update to 4.7.2 or a higher version.
First published (updated )
Severity
4.8
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

The Malware Scanner WordPress plugin before 4.5.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, leading to malicious users with administrator privileges to store malicious Javascript code leading to Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfilteredhtml is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

First published (updated )

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