Vulnerability CVE-2023-0993
Published: 2023-06-09

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
WordPress Shield Security 17.0.17 Cross Site Scripting / Missing Authorization
Ramuel Gall
25.04.2023

Type:

CWE-862

 (Missing Authorization)

 References:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/674461ad-9b61-48c4-af2a-5dfcaeb38215?source=cve
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
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