CVE-2026-96896Malcure Malware Shield < 19.9.7 - Multisite Subsite Admin+ Arbitrary File Write and Deletion via wpmr_ajax_request
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It affects Unknown Malcure Malware Shield — Removal, Repair, Monitor. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, higher than 31% of scored CVEs.
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The Malcure Malware Shield — Removal, Repair, Monitor WordPress plugin before 19.9.7 does not perform an authorisation check on one of its AJAX actions, allowing users with a subsite administrator role on a multisite network to write and delete arbitrary files in the network's shared filesystem, which can lead to remote code execution.
- CVSS
- 7.2 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-862
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.39% (percentile 31)
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 28, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown Malcure Malware Shield — Removal, Repair, Monitor unknown:malcure_malware_shield_removal_repair_monitor (from the name) | before 19.9.7 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7ab467f9-4340-464c-a436-978a5acbad3a/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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