CVE-2024-12269: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Safe Ai Malware Protection for WP plugin for WordPress contains a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2024-12269) discovered in January 2025. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.0.17, and is characterized by unauthorized access to data due to a missing capability check in the export_db() function. This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (High) (Wordfence).

The vulnerability stems from a missing authorization check in the export_db() function, which is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, indicating that it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requires no privileges or user interaction, and primarily impacts data confidentiality (NVD).

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve a complete dump of the site's database, potentially exposing sensitive information stored within the WordPress installation (NVD).

A patch has been made available through the WordPress plugin repository. Users are advised to update their Safe Ai Malware Protection for WP plugin to a version newer than 1.0.17 (WordPress Plugin).