CVE-2023-0992
published 2023-06-09CVE-2023-0992: 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…
PriorityP345medium6.1CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN
EPSS
93.05%
99.8th percentile
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
1 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| getshieldsecurity | shield_security | <= 17.0.17 | — |
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VulDB
Shield Security Plugin up to 17.0.17 on WordPress cross site scripting
vuldb·2026-04-09·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2023-0992 [HIGH] Shield Security Plugin up to 17.0.17 on WordPress cross site scripting
A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Shield Security Plugin up to 17.0.17 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting.
This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-0992. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.
GHSA
GHSA-2p6c-99qx-rqfx: The Shield Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 17
ghsa_unreviewed·2023-06-09
CVE-2023-0992 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-2p6c-99qx-rqfx: The Shield Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 17
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.
GHSA
GHSA-5p6w-7m52-66g9: The Shield Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization on the 'theme-plugin-file' AJAX action in versions up to, and includin
ghsa_unreviewed·2023-06-09·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2023-0993 [HIGH] CWE-862 GHSA-5p6w-7m52-66g9: The Shield Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization on the 'theme-plugin-file' AJAX action in versions up to, and includin
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
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=https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/#developershttps://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=cvehttps://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=https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/#developershttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/162dff28-94ea-4a47-a6cb-a13317cf1a04?source=cve
2023-06-09
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