PT-2022-13552 · WordPress · Anti-Malware Security/Brute-Force Firewall
Taurus Omar
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Published
2022-04-25
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Updated
2022-06-26
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CVE-2022-0953
CVSS v3.1
6.1
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress plugin versions prior to 4.20.96
Description
The issue arises from the failure to 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.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 4.20.96, update to version 4.20.96 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to admin pages to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Exploit
Fix
XSS
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Anti-Malware Security/Brute-Force Firewall