CVE-2024-2172: CYBERLORD92 Malware Scanner

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• CYBERLORD92 Malware Scanner: up to and including 4.7.2
• CYBERLORD92 Web Application Firewall – Website Security: up to and including 2.1.1
• Miniorange Malware Scanner: up to and including 4.7.2
• Miniorange Web Application Firewall: up to and including 2.1.1

Published 2024-03-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.