CVE-2022-44581

WordPress Defender Security plugin <= 3.3.2 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 5.0 Medium
Published: May 17, 2024
Updated: Apr 28, 2026
Reserved: Nov 1, 2022

Description

Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in WPMU DEV Defender Security allows : Screen Temporary Files for Sensitive Information.This issue affects Defender Security: from n/a through 3.3.2.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.0 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	Patchstack

Weaknesses

CWE-922 Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Defender SecurityWPMU DEV	3.3.2 and earlierAffectedfrom 3.3.3Not affected

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/defender-security/wordpress-defender-security-plugin-3-3-2-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry

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