HIGH
Shield Security <= 17.0.17 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Published Jun 9, 2023
7.2
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 93.05%
Description
The Shield Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 17.0.17 via the 'User-Agent' header. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products
- Vendor Paultgoodchild Product Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches Defaultunaffected
- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<17.0.18
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paultgoodchild | Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches | unaffected |
|
- ≤ 17.0.17
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (1)
References (4)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2883864%40wp-simple-firewall%2Ftrunk&old=2883536%40wp-simple-firewall%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/#developers Product
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/04/multiple-vulnerabilities-patched-in-shield-security/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/162dff28-94ea-4a47-a6cb-a13317cf1a04?source=cve Third Party Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Wordfence
Published Jun 9, 2023
Updated Apr 8, 2026
Reserved Feb 23, 2023
Link CVE-2023-0992
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Dec 28, 2024