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CVE-2024-2172: cyberlord92 malware scanner Missing Critical Step in Authentication

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalDeferred
Published 13-03-2024Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-2172 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Missing Critical Step in Authentication vulnerability in cyberlord92 malware scanner. EPSS estimates a 1.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.1% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 4.7.3.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.71%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.71% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.71%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cyberlord922 products
Wordpress2 products
  • miniorange-malware-protection≤ 4.7.2 (fixed in 4.7.3)
  • web-application-firewall≤ 2.1.1 (fixed in 2.1.2)

2 vendors · 4 products

References

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