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Plugin 9 known issues Latest disclosed Aug 30, 2024

WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan Vulnerabilities

Review known vulnerability records for the WordPress plugin WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan (`wp-cerber`), including severity, CVE references, affected versions, and patch status.

Recent tracked CVEs on this page include CVE-2022-4100, CVE-2022-4712 and CVE-2022-4417, so operators can jump from disclosure to patch validation without scanning the full feed first.

Known Records
9
High or Critical
4
Patch Coverage
100%
Last Updated
Aug 31, 2024
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Indexed CVEs
8
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Patch Visibility
9 records include a published patch path, leaving 0 with no listed safe release yet.
Severity Mix
1 critical and 3 high severity findings.
Recent CVEs
CVE-2022-4100, CVE-2022-4712 and CVE-2022-4417
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Reports for WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan

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Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2022-4100
CVE-2022-4100: WP Cerber Security <= 9.4 - IP Protection Bypass

The WP Cerber Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Protection bypass in versions up to, and including 9.4 due to the plugin improperly checking for a visitor's IP address. This makes it possible for an attacker whose IP address has been blocked to bypass this control...

Published
Aug 30, 2024
Patched Release
9.5
Affected Versions
Versions up to 9.4
Next Step
Update to 9.5 or newer if supported.
Plugin High Patched: Yes CVE-2022-4712
CVE-2022-4712: WP Cerber Security <= 9.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The WP Cerber Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting via the log parameter when logging in to the site in versions up to, and including, 9.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that wil...

Published
Apr 19, 2023
Patched Release
9.2
Affected Versions
Versions up to 9.1
Next Step
Update to 9.2 or newer if supported.
Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2022-4417
CVE-2022-4417: WP Cerber Security <= 9.3.2 - User Enumeration Bypass via REST API

The WP Cerber Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to security protection bypass in versions up to, and including 9.3.2, that makes user enumeration possible via the REST API. This is due the plugin not blocking access to the user endpoint when the plugin resides within a...

Published
Dec 12, 2022
Patched Release
9.3.3
Affected Versions
Versions up to 9.3.2
Next Step
Update to 9.3.3 or newer if supported.
Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2022-2939
CVE-2022-2939: WP Cerber Security <= 9.0 - User Enumeration Bypass

The WP Cerber Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to security protection bypass in versions up to, and including 9.0, that makes user enumeration possible. This is due to improper validation on the value supplied through the 'author' parameter found in the ~/cerber-load.p...

Published
Sep 02, 2022
Patched Release
9.1
Affected Versions
Versions up to 9.0
Next Step
Update to 9.1 or newer if supported.
Plugin Medium Patched: Yes
WP Cerber Security <= 9.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The WP Cerber Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting via the 'add_acl_comment' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute wheneve...

Published
Aug 22, 2022
Patched Release
9.1
Affected Versions
Versions up to 9.0
Next Step
Update to 9.1 or newer if supported.
Plugin High Patched: Yes CVE-2022-0429
CVE-2022-0429: WP Cerber Security <= 8.9.5.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan WordPress plugin before 8.9.6 does not sanitise the $url variable before using it in an attribute in the Activity tab in the plugins dashboard, leading to an unauthenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

Published
Feb 14, 2022
Patched Release
8.9.6
Affected Versions
Versions up to 8.9.5.2
Next Step
Update to 8.9.6 or newer if supported.
Plugin Critical Patched: Yes CVE-2021-37597
CVE-2021-37597: WP Cerber Security < 8.9.3 - Multifactor Bypass

WP Cerber before 8.9.3 allows MFA bypass via wordpress_logged_in_[hash] manipulation.

Published
Aug 16, 2021
Patched Release
8.9.3
Affected Versions
Versions before 8.9.3
Next Step
Update to 8.9.3 or newer if supported.
Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2021-37598
CVE-2021-37598: WP Cerber < 8.9.3 - Access Bypass Control

WP Cerber before 8.9.3 allows bypass of /wp-json access control via a trailing ? character.

Published
Aug 16, 2021
Patched Release
8.9.3
Affected Versions
Versions before 8.9.3
Next Step
Update to 8.9.3 or newer if supported.
Plugin High Patched: Yes CVE-2016-10990
CVE-2016-10990: Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan < 2.7 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The wp-cerber plugin before 2.7 for WordPress has XSS via the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header when "I'm behind a proxy" option is enabled.

Published
Apr 01, 2016
Patched Release
2.7
Affected Versions
Versions before 2.7
Next Step
Update to 2.7 or newer if supported.