CVE-2025-6043: Malcure Malware Shield — Removal, Repair, Monitor

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Malcure Malware Scanner — #1 Toolset for WordPress Malware Removal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion due to a missing capability check on the wpmr_delete_file() function in all versions up to, and including, 17.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files making remote code execution possible. This is only exploitable when advanced mode is enabled on the site.

Affected products

• Malcure Malcure Malware Shield — Removal, Repair, Monitor: up to and including 17.0

Published 2025-07-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.