The Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal WordPress plugin before 2.191 does not restrict its File System Watcher file viewer to Super Admins or to the files it legitimately tracks, allowing a non-super-admin administrator, including a subsite administrator on WordPress multisite, to read the contents of sensitive tracked files such as the main configuration file and disclose the site's authentication keys, salts and, on a standard install, database credentials.

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Description The Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal WordPress plugin before 2.191 does not restrict its File System Watcher file viewer to Super Admins or to the files it legitimately tracks, allowing a non-super-admin administrator, including a subsite administrator on WordPress multisite, to read the contents of sensitive tracked files such as the main configuration file and disclose the site's authentication keys, salts and, on a standard install, database credentials.
Title Security by CleanTalk < 2.191 - Admin+ Sensitive Data Disclosure via FSWatcher File Viewer
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

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Updated: 2026-10-30T06:00:22.985Z

Reserved: 2026-10-21T14:24:13.447Z

Link: CVE-2026-114444

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-30T06:16:45.700

Modified: 2026-10-30T06:16:45.700

Link: CVE-2026-114444

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