description: The Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 18.5.9 via the render_action_template parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attacker to include and execute PHP files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files.
problem types: CWE-98 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
affected:
{
vendor: paultgoodchild
product: Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security
versions:
version: *, status: affected, lessThanOrEqual: 18.5.9, versionType: semver
defaultStatus: unaffected
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
version: 3.1
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
baseScore: 9.8
baseSeverity: CRITICAL
]