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CVE-2021-25101

MEDIUM 4.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
February 21, 2022
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress plugin before 4.20.94 does not sanitise and escape the POST data before outputting it back in attributes of an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site scripting. Due to the presence of specific parameter value, available to admin users, this can only be exploited by an admin against another admin user.

Affected WordPress components

  • Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall Plugin · gotmls
    Confirmed match Active
    From 4.20.94 (including) to 4.20.94 (excluding)
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall — From 4.20.94 (including) to 4.20.94 (excluding)
  • anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall — Before 4.20.94

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5fd0380c-0d1d-4380-96f0-a07be5a61eba Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record