CVE-2025-7772: Malcure Malware Shield — Removal, Repair, Monitor

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.3% 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 Read in all versions up to, and including, 16.8 via the wpmr_inspect_file() function due to a missing capability check. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affected products

• Malcure Malcure Malware Shield — Removal, Repair, Monitor: up to and including 16.8

Published 2025-07-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.