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CVE-2022-0953

Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall < 4.20.96 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: April 25, 2022 at 03:51 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:21 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDownload Anti Malware Security and Brute Force FirewallAnti Malware Security and Brute Force Firewall

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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

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

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Download Anti Malware Security and Brute Force Firewall· Download Anti Malware Security and Brute Force Firewall Projectwordpress-plugin
95%
v < 4.20.96
Affected range stops below 4.20.96, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Anti Malware Security and Brute Force Firewall· Anti Malware Security and Brute Force Firewall Projectwordpress-plugin
60%
v < 4.20.96
Affected range stops below 4.20.96, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/29ab3c7b-58e0-4a72-b7b4-ab12a6d54f5a

CVSS

6.1MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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