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CVE-2023-0993

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Date: June 9, 2023

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.

Language: PHP

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Related Resources (5)

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/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0993
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/674461ad-9b61-48c4-af2a-5dfcaeb38215?source=cve
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-0993

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Missing Authorization

CWE-862

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

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