BitFire Security – Firewall, Malware Scanner, Bot Blocker, Login Protection <= 5.0.3 - Missing Authorization

5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2026-56035
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 23, 2026
Last Updated July 2, 2026
Researcher Aurélien BOURDOIS (Elymaro)

Description

The BitFire Security – Firewall, Malware Scanner, Bot Blocker, Login Protection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

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Vulnerability Details for BitFire Security – Firewall, Malware Scanner, Bot Blocker, Login Protection

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug bitfire (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.0.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.0.3
Patched Version
  • 5.0.4

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