Information disclosure in Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner With Auto Removal
CVE-2026-114444
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.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (6.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
The 30-day trend appears once there are two daily scores.
Affected products
- Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner With Auto Removal
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/4f3e845e-2f30-4ea2-9a42-4adf01840d94/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-114444?
- CVE-2026-114444 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner With Auto Removal, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2026-10-30.
- How severe is CVE-2026-114444?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.