CVE-2023-0992

moderate-risk
Published 2023-06-09

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.

Do I need to act?

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38.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 61% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.2/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Getshieldsecurity

References (7)

Patch https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new...
Product https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/#developers
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/04/multiple-vulnerabilities-patched-in-shiel...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/162dff28-94ea-4a47-a6c...
Patch https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new...
Product https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/#developers
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/162dff28-94ea-4a47-a6c...
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 17/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal