WordPress plugin · defender-security
Is Defender Security safe?
Safe on 6.3.0 or newer.
The current version, 6.3.0, is past every affected range on record (8 of 8 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 8
- High or critical
- 0
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 6.3.0
- Last updated
- Sep 29, 2026
- Active installs
- 80,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Aug 27, 2026Defender Security: Does not restrict a network-wide setting to network administratorsCVE-2026-19225 · fixed in 6.2.0 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.6
- Nov 1, 2024Defender Security: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2024-37444 · affects up to 4.7.1 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.3
- Jun 4, 2024Defender Security: Improper AuthenticationCVE-2023-47189 · affects up to 4.2.0 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.3
- May 17, 2024Defender Security: Authentication Bypass by SpoofingCVE-2024-25595 · affects up to 4.4.1 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.3
- May 17, 2024Defender Security: Insecure Storage of Sensitive InformationCVE-2022-44581 · affects up to 3.3.2 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5
- Jan 8, 2024Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorCVE-2023-51490 · affects up to 4.1.0 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.3
- Oct 16, 2023Defender Security: Does not prevent redirects to the login page via the auth_redirect WordPress functionCVE-2023-5089 · fixed in 4.1.0 · reported by WPScan2.5% oddsMedium 5.3
- Jul 12, 2023Defender Security: Cross-Site Request ForgeryCVE-2021-4425 · affects up to 2.4.6 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.3
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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