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CVE-2022-2599: The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress plugin before 4.21.83 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in an admin dashboard, leading to Reflected

medium Affects anti-malware-security-and-brute-force-firewall (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress plugin before 4.21.83 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in an admin dashboard, leading to Reflected

Package
anti-malware-security-and-brute-force-firewall (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.21.83
Fixed in
4.21.83
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (72.7th percentile)
Published
2022-08-29
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordanti-malware-security-and-brute-force-firewall (WordPress plugin) advisories

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