Is bulletproof-security (WordPress plugin) vulnerable?

WordPress bulletproof-security has 7 known advisories in the phpwarden feed. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28.

7advisories
0critical
0on CISA KEV
5no fix recorded
CVETitleSeverityCVSSAffectedFixed in
CVE-2021-39327The BulletProof Security WordPress plugin is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure due to a file path disclosure in the publicly acmedium5.3<=5.1–
CVE-2014-7958Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/htaccess/bpsunlock.php in the BulletProof Security plugin before .51.1 for WordPress allowmedium4.3=0.44 or =0.44.1 or =0.45 or =0.45.1 or =0.45.2 or =0.45.3 or =0.45.4 or =0.45.5 or =0.45.6 or =0.45.7 or =0.45.8 or =0.45.9 or =0.46 or =0.46.1 or =0.46.2 or =0.46.3 or =0.46.4 or =0.46.5 or =0.46.6 or =0.46.7 or =0.46.8 or =0.46.9 or =0.47 or =0.47.1 or =0.47.2 or =0.47.3 or =0.47.4 or =0.47.5 or =0.47.6 or =0.47.7 or =0.47.8 or =0.47.9 or =0.48 or =0.48.1 or =0.48.2 or =0.48.3 or =0.48.4 or =0.48.5 or =0.48.6 or =0.48.7 or =0.48.8 or =0.48.9 or =0.49 or =0.49.1 or =0.49.2 or =0.49.3 or =0.49.4 or =0.49.5 or =0.49.6 or =0.49.7 or =0.49.8 or =0.49.9 or =0.50 or =0.50.1 or =0.50.2 or =0.50.3 or =0.50.4 or =0.50.5 or =0.50.6 or =0.50.7 or =0.50.8 or =0.50.9 or =0.51–
CVE-2014-7959SQL injection vulnerability in admin/htaccess/bpsunlock.php in the BulletProof Security plugin before .51.1 for WordPress allows remote authmedium6.5=0.44 or =0.44.1 or =0.45 or =0.45.1 or =0.45.2 or =0.45.3 or =0.45.4 or =0.45.5 or =0.45.6 or =0.45.7 or =0.45.8 or =0.45.9 or =0.46 or =0.46.1 or =0.46.2 or =0.46.3 or =0.46.4 or =0.46.5 or =0.46.6 or =0.46.7 or =0.46.8 or =0.46.9 or =0.47 or =0.47.1 or =0.47.2 or =0.47.3 or =0.47.4 or =0.47.5 or =0.47.6 or =0.47.7 or =0.47.8 or =0.47.9 or =0.48 or =0.48.1 or =0.48.2 or =0.48.3 or =0.48.4 or =0.48.5 or =0.48.6 or =0.48.7 or =0.48.8 or =0.48.9 or =0.49 or =0.49.1 or =0.49.2 or =0.49.3 or =0.49.4 or =0.49.5 or =0.49.6 or =0.49.7 or =0.49.8 or =0.49.9 or =0.50 or =0.50.1 or =0.50.2 or =0.50.3 or =0.50.4 or =0.50.5 or =0.50.6 or =0.50.7 or =0.50.8 or =0.50.9 or =0.51–
CVE-2014-8749Server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in admin/htaccess/bpsunlock.php in the BulletProof Security plugin before .51.1 for WordPremedium5.0<=0.51–
CVE-2015-9230In the admin/db-backup-security/db-backup-security.php page in the BulletProof Security plugin before .52.5 for WordPress, XSS is possible fmedium4.8=0.52.4–
CVE-2022-0590The BulletProof Security WordPress plugin before 5.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege usemedium4.8<5.85.8
CVE-2022-1265The BulletProof Security WordPress plugin before 6.1 does not sanitize and escape some of its CAPTCHA settings, which could allow high-privimedium4.8<6.16.1

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