CVE-2023-0992

Published Jun 9, 2023

Last updated a year ago

CVSS medium 6.1

Overview

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.
Source: security@wordfence.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.1
Impact score: 2.7
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-79

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:getshieldsecurity:shield_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "26C21257-912C-4614-927D-680366EFE994",
            "versionEndIncluding": "17.0.17"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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