Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall < 6.2.0 — Authenticated (Administrator+) Remote Code Execution
CVE-2026-19225Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <6.2.0Update to 6.2.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall defender-security
- Affected< 6.2.0
- Patched in6.2.0
Update to 6.2.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 6.2.0. Version 6.2.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 6.2.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Jakub Herman.
The Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to 6.2.0. This is due to insufficient validation of user supplied input before it is executed. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to execute arbitrary code on the server.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium5.3 | Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File ≤4.1.0Update to 4.2.0 | CVE-2023-51490 | |
| Medium5.3 | Masked Login Area Security Feature Bypass ≤4.2.0Update to 4.2.1 | CVE-2023-47189 | |
| Medium5.3 | Hide Login Page Feature Protection Bypass ≤4.0.2Update to 4.1.0 | CVE-2023-5089 |
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤4.7.2Update to 4.7.3
- Medium6.5IP Address Spoofing
≤4.4.1Update to 4.4.2
- Medium5.3Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File
≤4.1.0Update to 4.2.0
- Medium5.3Masked Login Area Security Feature Bypass
≤4.2.0Update to 4.2.1
- Medium5.3Hide Login Page Feature Protection Bypass
≤4.0.2Update to 4.1.0
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.