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.
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Sun, 27 Sep 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-73

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Description 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.
Title Malcure Malware Shield < 19.9.7 - Multisite Subsite Admin+ Arbitrary File Write and Deletion via wpmr_ajax_request
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-27T06:00:22.286Z

Reserved: 2026-09-23T19:51:13.367Z

Link: CVE-2026-96896

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-27T06:17:22.817

Modified: 2026-09-27T06:17:22.817

Link: CVE-2026-96896

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Updated: 2026-09-27T08:00:08Z

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