CVE-2023-0993
Shield Security <= 17.0.17 - Missing Authorization
mediumMissing Authorization
4.3
CVSS Score
4.3
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
17.0.18
Patched in
273d
Time to patch
Description
The Shield Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization on the 'theme-plugin-file' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 17.0.17. This allows authenticated attackers to add arbitrary audit log entries indicating that a theme or plugin has been edited, and is also a vector for Cross-Site Scripting via CVE-2023-0992.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<17.0.18PublishedApril 25, 2023
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginwp-simple-firewall
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