Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-0993Shield Security <= 17.0.17 - Missing Authorization
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches from paultgoodchild. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| paultgoodchild | Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches | 0 – before 17.0.18 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/674461ad-9b61-48c4-af2a-5dfcaeb38215?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/
- 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://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/04/multiple-vulnerabilities-patched-in-shield-security/