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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-27135 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.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Miniorange
Miniorange malware Scanner
Miniorange web Application Firewall
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:miniorange:malware_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:miniorange:web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Miniorange
Miniorange malware Scanner
Miniorange web Application Firewall
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T19:03:39.304Z

Reserved: 2024-03-04T18:27:27.719Z

Link: CVE-2024-2172

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T19:03:39.304Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-03-13T16:15:32.043

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:09:10.853

Link: CVE-2024-2172

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.