Vulnerability · Published Feb 5, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-6989Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security <= 18.5.9 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches from paultgoodchild. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 56.6% (higher than 99.1% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Official description
The Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 18.5.9 via the render_action_template parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attacker to include and execute PHP files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| paultgoodchild | Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches | 0 – through 18.5.9 |
Weakness: CWE-98 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H