CVE-2023-0993

Published Jun 9, 2023

Last updated a year ago

CVSS medium 4.3

Overview

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

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 1.4
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

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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