CVE-2023-0993

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.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
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=	Patch
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/	Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/674461ad-9b61-48c4-af2a-5dfcaeb38215?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
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=	Patch
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/	Product
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/674461ad-9b61-48c4-af2a-5dfcaeb38215?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:getshieldsecurity:shield_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-06-09 06:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 07:38

NVD link : CVE-2023-0993

Mitre link : CVE-2023-0993

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-0993

JSON object : View

Products Affected

getshieldsecurity

shield_security

CWE

No CWE.

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