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    2 vulnerabilities found for Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall by WPMU DEV

    CVE-2023-51490 (GCVE-0-2023-51490)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2024-01-08 20:17 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:09
    VLAI
    Title
    WordPress Defender Security Plugin <= 4.1.0 is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure
    Summary
    Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in WPMU DEV Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall.This issue affects Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall: from n/a through 4.1.0.
    Severity
    5.3 (Medium)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-532 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Credits
    Joshua Chan (Patchstack Alliance)
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2023-51490 (GCVE-0-2023-51490)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-08 20:17 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:09
    VLAI
    Title
    WordPress Defender Security Plugin <= 4.1.0 is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure
    Summary
    Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in WPMU DEV Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall.This issue affects Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall: from n/a through 4.1.0.
    Severity
    5.3 (Medium)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-532 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Credits
    Joshua Chan (Patchstack Alliance)
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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