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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2022-2599 json

Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall < 4.21.83 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

published 2022-08-29 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-34846

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress plugin before 4.21.83 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in an admin dashboard, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Patch / fix

  • anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall 4.21.83

Exploit prediction

1.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template WordPress Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall <4.21.83 - Cross-Site Scripting nuclei detection template
  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/276a7fc5-3d0d-446d-92cf-20060aecd0ef referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • Unknown Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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References

Sources

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