The Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal WordPress plugin before 2.191 does not restrict its File System Watcher file viewer to Super Admins or to the files it legitimately tracks, allowing a non-super-admin administrator, including a subsite administrator on WordPress multisite, to read the contents of sensitive tracked files such as the main configuration file and disclose the site's authentication keys, salts and, on a standard install, database credentials.
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Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:45:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-200 CWE-284 |
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| Description | The Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal WordPress plugin before 2.191 does not restrict its File System Watcher file viewer to Super Admins or to the files it legitimately tracks, allowing a non-super-admin administrator, including a subsite administrator on WordPress multisite, to read the contents of sensitive tracked files such as the main configuration file and disclose the site's authentication keys, salts and, on a standard install, database credentials. | |
| Title | Security by CleanTalk < 2.191 - Admin+ Sensitive Data Disclosure via FSWatcher File Viewer | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: 2026-10-30T06:00:22.985Z
Updated: 2026-10-30T06:00:22.985Z
Reserved: 2026-10-21T14:24:13.447Z
Link: CVE-2026-114444
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-30T06:16:45.700
Modified: 2026-10-30T06:16:45.700
Link: CVE-2026-114444
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