CVE-2023-0993

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.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-862

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new…
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/04/multiple-vulnerabilities-patched-in-shiel…
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/674461ad-9b61-48c4-af2…
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new…
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/