Vulnerability Found in WordPress Anti-Malware Firewall – Search Engine Journal

Reflected XSS vulnerability was patched in Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress Plugin

A popular WordPress anti-malware plugin was discovered to have a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. This is a type of vulnerability that can allow an attacker to compromise an administrator level user of the affected website.

Affected WordPress Plugin

The plugin discovered to contain the vulnerability is Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall, which is used by over 200,000 websites.

Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall is a plugin that defends a website as a firewall (to block incoming threats) and as a security scanner, to check for security threats in the form of backdoor hacks and database injections.

A premium version defends websites against brute force attacks that try to guess password and usernames and protects against DDoS attacks.

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

This plugin was found to contain a vulnerability that allowed an…

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