CVE-2023-0992 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Getshieldsecurity	Shield Security

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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References

Link	Providers
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=
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/#developers
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/162dff28-94ea-4a47-a6cb-a13317cf1a04?source=cve

History

Sat, 28 Dec 2024 01:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-06-09T05:33:11.185Z

Updated: 2024-12-28T00:52:12.228Z

Reserved: 2023-02-23T19:18:03.577Z

Link: CVE-2023-0992

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:32:46.035Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-09T06:15:54.777

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:38:14.660

Link: CVE-2023-0992

Redhat

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