{"id":"CVE-2024-2172","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Malware Scanner <= 4.7.2 and Web Application Firewall <= 2.1.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation","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.","publishedAt":"2024-03-13T15:26:53.433Z","updatedAt":"2026-04-08T16:57:16.771Z","severity":{"score":9.8,"label":"Critical","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","source":"Wordfence"},"assigner":"Wordfence","products":["cyberlord92 Web Application Firewall – website security","cyberlord92 Malware Scanner"],"affected":[{"vendor":"cyberlord92","product":"Web Application Firewall – website security","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"2.1.1","versionType":"semver"}]},{"vendor":"cyberlord92","product":"Malware Scanner","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"4.7.2","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":["https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6347f588-a3fd-4909-ad57-9d78787b5728?source=cve","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/miniorange-malware-protection/tags/4.7.2/handler/login.php#L89","https://wordpress.org/plugins/miniorange-malware-protection/","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3054179%40miniorange-malware-protection&new=3054179%40miniorange-malware-protection&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3054255%40web-application-firewall&new=3054255%40web-application-firewall&sfp_email=&sfph_mail="],"weaknesses":["CWE-304"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:07:21.467Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2024/2xxx/CVE-2024-2172.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2024-2172","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2024-03-13T15:26:53.433Z","dateUpdated":"2026-04-08T16:57:16.771Z","assignerShortName":"Wordfence","assignerOrgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","dateReserved":"2024-03-04T18:27:27.719Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Malware Scanner <= 4.7.2 and Web Application Firewall <= 2.1.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"cyberlord92","product":"Web Application Firewall – website security","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"2.1.1","versionType":"semver"}]},{"vendor":"cyberlord92","product":"Malware Scanner","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"4.7.2","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6347f588-a3fd-4909-ad57-9d78787b5728?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/miniorange-malware-protection/tags/4.7.2/handler/login.php#L89"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/miniorange-malware-protection/"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3054179%40miniorange-malware-protection&new=3054179%40miniorange-malware-protection&sfp_email=&sfph_mail="},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3054255%40web-application-firewall&new=3054255%40web-application-firewall&sfp_email=&sfph_mail="}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-304","lang":"en","description":"CWE-304 Missing Critical Step in Authentication","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Wordfence","orgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","dateUpdated":"2026-04-08T16:57:16.771Z"},"credits":[{"lang":"en","type":"finder","value":"Stiofan O'Connor"}],"timeline":[{"time":"2024-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","lang":"en","value":"Disclosed"}]},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","affected":[{"vendor":"miniorange","product":"malware_scanner","defaultStatus":"unknown","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"4.7.2","versionType":"custom"}],"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:miniorange:malware_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*"]},{"vendor":"miniorange","product":"web_application_firewall","defaultStatus":"unknown","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"2.1.1","versionType":"custom"}],"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:miniorange:web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]}],"metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2024-03-13T17:31:36.937134Z","id":"CVE-2024-2172","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"yes"},{"Technical Impact":"total"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2024-06-24T14:45:20.223Z"}},{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6347f588-a3fd-4909-ad57-9d78787b5728?source=cve","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/miniorange-malware-protection/tags/4.7.2/handler/login.php#L89","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/miniorange-malware-protection/","tags":["x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-01T19:03:39.304Z"}}]}}}