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.
problem types: CWE-862 Missing Authorization
affected:
{
vendor: paultgoodchild
product: Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention
versions:
version: *, status: affected, lessThan: 17.0.18, versionType: semver
defaultStatus: unaffected
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
version: 3.1
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
baseScore: 4.3
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
]