Description
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.
Published: 2026-10-30
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-284

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Security by CleanTalk < 2.191 - Admin+ Sensitive Data Disclosure via FSWatcher File Viewer
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-30T13:26:47.723Z

Reserved: 2026-10-21T14:24:13.447Z

Link: CVE-2026-114444

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-30T13:18:55.580Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-30T06:16:45.700

Modified: 2026-10-30T14:16:39.007

Link: CVE-2026-114444

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-30T16:30:16Z

Weaknesses