CVE-2023-0993

2023-06-0905:33:19

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wordpress

shield security

missing authorization

ajax action

authenticated attackers

audit log

cross-site scripting

vulnerability

CVSS3

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

AI Score

5.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

51.6%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "paultgoodchild",
    "product": "Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "*",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "17.0.18",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]

References

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=

wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/674461ad-9b61-48c4-af2a-5dfcaeb38215?source=cve