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Status published
Medium
CVE-2022-0953
Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall < 4.20.96 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability 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
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Taurus Omar
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Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall
Vulnerable Versions:
4.20.96
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 25th, 2022
Last Modified:
August 2nd, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N