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Through January 6th, 2025, our program has an expanded scope for all researchers with a new lower active install count threshold, automatic bonuses for in-scope submissions, an extra bonus for those focusing on high-risk vulnerabilities, a minimum bounty for all submissions, increased pending report limits, and our rewards remain as high as $31,200.
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Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall
Information
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug | defender-security (view on wordpress.org) |
| Software Status | Active |
| Software Author | wpmudev |
| Software Website | wpmudev.com |
| Software Downloads | 3,134,739 |
| Software Active Installs | 90,000 |
| Software Record Last Updated | December 20, 2024 |
7 Vulnerabilities
Researcher:
Rafie Muhammad
Researcher:
beluga
Researcher:
Joshua Chan
Researcher:
Naveen Muthusamy
Researcher:
Juan Pablo Gomez Postigo
Researcher:
Calvin Alkan
Researcher:
Jerome Bruandet
| Title | Status | CVE ID | CVSS | Researchers | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defender Security <= 4.7.2 - Missing Authorization | Patched | CVE-2024-37444 | Rafie Muhammad | June 28, 2024 | |
| Defender Security <= 4.4.1 - IP Address Spoofing | Patched | CVE-2024-25595 | beluga | February 12, 2024 | |
| Defender Security <= 4.1.0 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File | Patched | CVE-2023-51490 | Joshua Chan | December 27, 2023 | |
| Defender Security <= 4.2.0 - Masked Login Area Security Feature Bypass | Patched | CVE-2023-47189 | Naveen Muthusamy | November 3, 2023 | |
| Defender Security <= 4.0.2 - Hide Login Page Feature Protection Bypass | Patched | CVE-2023-5089 | Juan Pablo Gomez Postigo | September 6, 2023 | |
| Defender Security <= 3.3.2 - Sensitive Information Disclosure | Patched | CVE-2022-44581 | Calvin Alkan | November 23, 2022 | |
| Defender Security <= 2.4.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass | Patched | CVE-2021-4425 | Jerome Bruandet | March 1, 2021 |
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