{"cve":"CVE-2024-2172","nvd":{"published":"2024-03-13T16:15:32.043","modified":"2026-06-17T07:23:51.853","status":"Deferred","description":"The Malware Scanner plugin and the Web Application Firewall plugin for WordPress (both by MiniOrange) are vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the mo_wpns_init() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.2 (for Malware Scanner) and 2.1.1 (for Web Application Firewall). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers  to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-304"],"references":["https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/miniorange-malware-protection/tags/4.7.2/handler/login.php#L89","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3054179%40miniorange-malware-protection&new=3054179%40miniorange-malware-protection&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3054255%40web-application-firewall&new=3054255%40web-application-firewall&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=","https://wordpress.org/plugins/miniorange-malware-protection/","https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6347f588-a3fd-4909-ad57-9d78787b5728?source=cve"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:46:54.846886191+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-2172","score":0.01712,"percentile":0.77385,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}