PT-2022-17625 · WordPress · Anti-Malware Security/Brute-Force Firewall

Krzysztof Zając · Published 2022-08-29 · Updated 2022-09-01 · CVE-2022-2599

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base 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 4.21.83

Description The issue is related to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting. It occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in an admin dashboard.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.21.83, update to version 4.21.83 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the admin dashboard to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-2599

Affected Products

Anti-Malware Security/Brute-Force Firewall

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/276a7fc5-3d0d-446d-92cf-20060aecd0ef · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2599 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2599 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/49000 · Telegram Post