CVE-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. 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 v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
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/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/162dff28-94ea-4a47-a6cb-a13317cf1a04?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:getshieldsecurity:shield_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-06-09 06:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 04:02

NVD link : CVE-2023-0992

Mitre link : CVE-2023-0992

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-0992

JSON object : View

Products Affected

getshieldsecurity

shield_security

CWE

CWE-79

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

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