---
id: "CVE-2026-114444"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-114444"]
title: "WordPress security plugin lets non-super admins read site secret keys"
severity: "high"
cvss: null
epss: 0.0017
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["multisite", "package", "self-hosted", "wordpress", "wordpress-plugin"]
not_affected_if: ["no-file-system-watcher-use", "plugin-version-2.191-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-10-30T06:16:45+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-30T06:28:39+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-30T18:23:38+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114444", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-30T06:28:39+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-114444", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-30T18:23:38+00:00"}]
---

# WordPress security plugin lets non-super admins read site secret keys

The Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner WordPress plugin before 2.191 lets a non-super-admin administrator, including a subsite administrator on multisite, open its File System Watcher file viewer. That viewer can read sensitive tracked files such as wp-config.php, exposing authentication keys, salts and, on a standard install, database credentials.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed plugin version in the WordPress admin Plugins screen or in the plugin's main file header; unknown if the sources do not give a file path.
- Confirm whether the plugin's File System Watcher feature is in use on the site.
- On multisite, check which subsite administrators have accounts.

## Fix

- Update the plugin to version `2.191` or later.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-30T06:28:39+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114444
- 2026-10-30T18:23:38+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-114444

## From the sources

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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