CVE-2023-0992

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.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-79, CWE-79

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new…
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/04/multiple-vulnerabilities-patched-in-shiel…
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/162dff28-94ea-4a47-a6c…
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new…
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/#developers