CVE-2022-3144 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-3144: Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan <= 7.6.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vendor Mmaunder
Product Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published September 23, 2022
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

4.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 7.6.0 via a setting on the options page due to insufficient escaping on the stored value. This makes it possible for authenticated users, with administrative privileges, to inject malicious web scripts into the setting that executes whenever a user accesses a page displaying the affected setting on sites running a vulnerable version.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 23, 2022 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated

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