CVE-2023-6989
high-risk
Published 2024-02-05
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.
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61.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 38% 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
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9
CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (4)
56
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
19/34 · Moderate
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal