MinorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-96896 (CVSS 7.2)

NVD · officialPublished Sep 27, 2026Risk 23/100EPSS 0.2%

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.

Technical details

CVSS

7.2

AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:HighUI:NoneC:HighI:HighA:High

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