CVE-2026-96896: Unknown Malcure Malware Shield — Removal, Repair, Monitor

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Malcure Malware Shield — Removal, Repair, Monitor WordPress plugin before 19.9.7 does not perform an authorisation check on one of its AJAX actions, allowing users with a subsite administrator role on a multisite network to write and delete arbitrary files in the network's shared filesystem, which can lead to remote code execution.

Affected products

• Unknown Malcure Malware Shield — Removal, Repair, Monitor: before 19.9.7 (fixed in 19.9.7)

Published 2026-09-27. Last modified 2026-09-28.