CVE-2026-19225: CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in Defender Security
The Defender Security WordPress plugin before 6.2.0 does not restrict a network-wide setting to network administrators, allowing an administrator of any single site on a multisite network to execute arbitrary code across the entire network.
CVE-2026-19225: CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in Defender Security
Description
The Defender Security WordPress plugin before 6.2.0 does not restrict a network-wide setting to network administrators, allowing an administrator of any single site on a multisite network to execute arbitrary code across the entire network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.6medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-07T09:04:35.247Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a8fd7baacd9273b49e174c3
Added to database: 08/27/2026, 06:22:50 UTC
Last updated: 08/28/2026, 02:55:22 UTC
Views: 19
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