Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan <= 7.6.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 7.6.0 via a setting on the options page due to insufficient escaping on the stored value. This makes it possible for authenticated users, with administrative privileges, to inject malicious web scripts into the setting that executes whenever a user accesses a page displaying the affected setting on sites running a vulnerable version.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mmaunder | Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security | up to 7.6.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security Vendormmaunder Affected up to 7.6.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-3144
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p294-p2wv-22g4
References
More Wordfence Security vulnerabilities
- TI-2014-04053 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wordfence Security plugin before 5.1.5… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2022-3144 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-3144 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p294-p2wv-22g4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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