WP Security CheckVulnerability data as of October 22, 2026

Known vulnerabilities in Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall

This Anti-Malware scanner searches for Malware, Viruses, and other security threats and vulnerabilities on your server and it helps you fix them.

11Reported vulnerabilities
9Highest CVSS score
4.23.90Latest version
100,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall to 4.23.90 or later. 11 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

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Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVESeverityExploit probability
next 30 days
Affected versionsFixed inPublished
CVE-2022-0953 Medium 6.1 3.1% Before 4.20.96 4.20.96 April 25, 2022
CVE-2022-2599 Medium 6.1 1.3% Before 4.21.83 4.21.83 August 29, 2022
CVE-2024-22144 Critical 9 0.9% 4.21.96 and earlier 4.23.56 March 12, 2024
CVE-2021-25101 Medium 4.8 0.6% Before 4.20.94 4.20.94 February 21, 2022
CVE-2026-39478 High 7.5 0.5% 4.23.87 and earlier 4.23.88 April 20, 2026
CVE-2026-57691 High 7.2 0.2% 4.23.89 and earlier 4.23.90 July 9, 2026
CVE-2022-4327 High 7.2 — 4.21.85 and earlier 4.21.86 December 21, 2022
WF-d76229c9-39e6-48ab-b038-be40b36aa7bd High 7.2 — 4.15.17 and earlier 4.16.18 May 10, 2016
CVE-2025-11705 Medium 6.5 0.5% 0 to 4.23.81 (inclusive) 4.23.83 October 29, 2025
WF-3408bdfd-6337-4c26-b0f2-377375d0e52c Medium 6.1 — Before 4.15.23 4.15.23 May 25, 2015
WF-14ccd915-a513-45a4-84d3-b2b1fb893f1c Low 3.1 — Before 4.15.23 4.15.23 May 25, 2015

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.