Malware Scanner <= 4.7.2 and Web Application Firewall <= 2.1.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Missing Critical Step in Authentication
CVE CVE-2024-2172
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published March 13, 2024
Last Updated March 21, 2024
Researcher Stiofan
Description

The Malware Scanner plugin and the Web Application Firewall plugin for WordPress (both by MiniOrange) are vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the mo_wpns_init() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.2 (for Malware Scanner) and 2.1.1 (for Web Application Firewall). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator.

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug web-application-firewall (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.1
Patched Version
  • 2.1.2
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug miniorange-malware-protection (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.7.2
Patched Version
  • 4.7.3
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