Plugins · security-malware-firewall · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner wi… safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 2.191
- Last updated
- 2026-10-27
- Active installs
- 40,000+
- Known issues on record
- 6
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.2+
Protect WordPress from malware, hackers, brute-force attacks & suspicious traffic. Includes firewall, login security, 2FA & vulnerability checks. — by CleanTalk Inc
What to do
- Update to the latest version (2.191). Anything older than 2.191 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get security-malware-firewall --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update security-malware-firewall updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
6 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
high 7.5 CVE-2026-114443 · published 2026-10-30
Authentication bypass in Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner wi… (older than 2.191)
- Affected
- older than 2.191
- Fixed in
- 2.191
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal WordPress plugin before 2.191 does not verify the account password before accepting an authenticator-app two-factor code at login, allowing anyone who holds a user's current authenticator code to log in as that user, including an administrator, without the password.
medium 4.4 CVE-2026-114444 · published 2026-10-30
Information disclosure in Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner wi… (older than 2.191)
- Affected
- older than 2.191
- Fixed in
- 2.191
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal WordPress plugin before 2.191 does not restrict its File System Watcher file viewer to Super Admins or to the files it legitimately tracks, allowing a non-super-admin administrator, including a subsite administrator on WordPress multisite, to read the contents of sensitive tracked files such as the main configuration file and disclose the site's authentication keys, salts and, on a standard install, database credentials.
critical 9.3 CVE-2026-66593 · published 2026-08-20
SQL injection in Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner wi… (2.184 and older)
- Affected
- 2.184 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.185
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Unauthenticated SQL Injection in Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk <= 2.184 versions.
high 7.2 CVE-2025-13604 · published 2025-12-09
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner wi… (2.168 and older)
- Affected
- 2.168 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.169 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Login Security, FireWall, Malware removal by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the page URL in all versions up to, and including, 2.168 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
critical 9.8 CVE-2024-13365 · published 2025-02-12
Arbitrary file upload in Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner wi… (2.149 and older)
- Affected
- 2.149 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.150 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to the plugin uploading and extracting .zip archives when scanning them for malware through the checkUploadedArchive() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.149. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
high 7.5 CVE-2024-10570 · published 2024-11-26
SQL injection in Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner wi… (2.145 and older)
- Affected
- 2.145 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.145.1 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized SQL Injection due to an authorization bypass via reverse DNS spoofing on the checkWithoutToken function in all versions up to, and including, 2.145, as well as insufficient input sanitization and validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Recent activity
- 2026-10-27 — latest release on wordpress.org (2.191).
- 2026-10-30 — Authentication bypass disclosed (CVE-2026-114443), fixed in 2.191.
- 2026-10-30 — Information disclosure disclosed (CVE-2026-114444), fixed in 2.191.
- 2026-08-20 — SQL injection disclosed (CVE-2026-66593), fixed in 2.185.
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- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by CleanTalk Inc (2 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: SQL injection (2) · Authentication bypass (1) · Sensitive data exposure (1) · Cross-site scripting (XSS) (1) · Arbitrary file upload (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/security-malware-firewall (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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