CVE-2023-0992

Shield Security <= 17.0.17 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

highImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

7.2

CVSS Score

7.2

CVSS Score

high

Severity

17.0.18

Patched in

273d

Time to patch

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<17.0.18

PublishedApril 25, 2023

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwp-simple-firewall

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/162dff28-94ea-4a47-a6cb-a13317cf1a04?source=api-prod

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