Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall < 4.20.94 - Admin+ Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Priority LOW 23CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress plugin before 4.20.94 does not sanitise and escape the POST data before outputting it back in attributes of an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site scripting. Due to the presence of specific parameter value, available to admin users, this can only be exploited by an admin against another admin user.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00598 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall (Unknown): 4.20.94
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall | 4.20.94 to before 4.20.94 | 4.20.94 | Patch available | CNA |
- Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall VendorUnknown Affected 4.20.94 to before 4.20.94 Fixed in 4.20.94 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project:anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 4.20.94 | Vulnerable | Anti-malware Security And Brute-force Firewall Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project:anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 4.20.94 Vulnerable ·Anti-malware Security And Brute-force Firewall Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall (Unknown) Fixed in 4.20.94
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-25101
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9v6h-h8cq-vv39
References
More Anti-malware Security And Brute-force Firewall Project Anti-malware Security And Brute-force Firewall vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-02401 Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall < 4.21.83 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2021-25101 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-25101 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9v6h-h8cq-vv39 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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