Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall < 4.20.96 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Priority LOW 33CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- 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 4.20.96 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
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0306 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall (Unknown): 4.20.96
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 | 4.20.96 to before 4.20.96 | 4.20.96 | Patch available | CNA |
- Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall VendorUnknown Affected 4.20.96 to before 4.20.96 Fixed in 4.20.96 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:download_anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project:download_anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 4.20.96 | Vulnerable | Download Anti-malware Security And Brute-force Firewall Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:download_anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project:download_anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 4.20.96 Vulnerable ·Download Anti-malware Security And Brute-force Firewall Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall (Unknown) Fixed in 4.20.96
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-0953
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ghrx-3g4w-h4hh
References
Sources
- CVE-2022-0953 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-0953 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ghrx-3g4w-h4hh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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