WordPress plugin · miniorange-malware-protection
Is Malware Scanner safe?
Closed. Replace it.
wordpress.org closed it on Jul 15, 2025 (author request), so it gets no more security fixes, and 4 flaws are on record. If your site runs it, move to a maintained alternative.
- Flaws on record
- 4
- High or critical
- 2
- Exploited
- none
Every recorded flaw
- Jun 4, 2024Malware Scanner: Authentication Bypass by SpoofingCVE-2023-52176 · affects up to 4.7.1 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.3
- Mar 13, 2024The Malware Scanner plugin and the Web Application Firewall plugin for WordPress (both by MiniOrange) are vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing caCVE-2024-2172 · affects up to 4.7.2 · reported by Wordfence1.7% oddsCritical 9.8
- Feb 28, 2024Malware Scanner: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')CVE-2024-25902 · affects up to 4.7.2 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.6
- Jun 27, 2022Malware Scanner: Does not sanitise and escape some of its settingsCVE-2022-1995 · fixed in 4.5.2 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.8
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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