Vulnerability · Published Feb 21, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2021-25101Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall < 4.20.94 - Admin+ Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress plugin before 4.20.94 does not sanitise and escape the POST data before outputting it back in attributes of an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site scripting. Due to the presence of specific parameter value, available to admin users, this can only be exploited by an admin against another admin user.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall 4.20.94 – before 4.20.94

Weakness: CWE-79

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