Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security <= 18.5.9 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
Published Feb 5, 2024
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 56.57%
Description
The Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 18.5.9 via the render_action_template parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attacker to include and execute PHP files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files.
Affected products
- Vendor Paultgoodchild Product Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security Defaultunaffected
- Version -StatusaffectedConstraints<=18.5.9
- 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 Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security | unaffected |
|
- < 18.5.10
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
PoCAutomatable
YesTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Nov 7, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
Score over time
2024-2026- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (38 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 56.57% (0.56567) | 99.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 56.57% (0.56567) | 98.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 3, 2026 | 67.33% (0.67335) | 98.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 2, 2026 | 65.78% (0.65784) | 98.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 67.33% (0.67335) | 98.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 69.79% (0.69787) | 98.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2026 | 61.94% (0.61945) | 98.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 8, 2026 | 63.44% (0.63440) | 98.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 67.33% (0.67335) | 98.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 63.89% (0.63888) | 98.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 39.11% (0.39106) | 97.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 17, 2025 | 63.89% (0.63888) | 98.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 18, 2025 | 69.06% (0.69057) | 98.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 14, 2025 | 75.44% (0.75435) | 98.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 73.00% (0.73002) | 98.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | 75.44% (0.75435) | 98.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 26, 2025 | 66.39% (0.66392) | 98.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 13, 2025 | 60.89% (0.60889) | 98.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 30, 2025 | 58.41% (0.58411) | 98.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 13, 2025 | 62.32% (0.62318) | 98.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 26, 2025 | 63.50% (0.63497) | 98.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 15, 2025 | 62.48% (0.62482) | 98.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 39.11% (0.39106) | 96.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 69.53% (0.69533) | 98.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 39.11% (0.39106) | 96.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 17, 2025 | 7.23% (0.07229) | 94.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.89% (0.05891) | 93.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 19, 2024 | 5.94% (0.05944) | 93.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2024 | 12.44% (0.12440) | 95.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 17, 2024 | 16.69% (0.16689) | 96.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 23.34% (0.23337) | 96.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 20, 2024 | 17.92% (0.17916) | 96.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 18, 2024 | 16.56% (0.16564) | 96.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 24, 2024 | 15.39% (0.15393) | 95.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2024 | 11.56% (0.11562) | 95.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2024 | 6.36% (0.06361) | 93.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 14, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00282) | 67.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
References (2)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3013699%40wp-simple-firewall&new=3013699%40wp-simple-firewall&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/063826cc-7ff3-4869-9831-f6a4a4bbe74c?source=cve PatchThird Party Advisory
Change history (0)
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