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CVE-2022-2599: Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall < 4.21.83 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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

Affected products

• Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall: before 4.21.83 — fixed in 4.21.83

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall 4.21.83. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/276a7fc5-3d0d-446d-92cf-20060aecd0ef
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/276a7fc5-3d0d-446d-92cf-20060aecd0ef

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