CVE-2023-0992: The Shield Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 17.0.17 via the...
7.2
CVSS
Description
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2023-0992
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
Affected Products
Vendor: paultgoodchild
Product: Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.11% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 46.05% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/162dff28-94ea-4a47-a6cb-a13317cf1a04?source=cvehttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/#developers
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=