CVE-2026-114444

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Description

The Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal WordPress plugin before 2.191 does not restrict its File System Watcher file viewer to Super Admins or to the files it legitimately tracks, allowing a non-super-admin administrator, including a subsite administrator on WordPress multisite, to read the contents of sensitive tracked files such as the main configuration file and disclose the site's authentication keys, salts and, on a standard install, database credentials.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4f3e845e-2f30-4ea2-9a42-4adf01840d94/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-113724

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-30

Updated: 2026-10-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0017