CVE-2023-0993 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00073.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Getshieldsecurity Subscribe	Shield Security Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:getshieldsecurity:shield_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12978	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/674461ad-9b61-48c4-af2a-5dfcaeb38215?source=cve

History

Sat, 23 Nov 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-06-09T05:33:19.412Z

Updated: 2024-11-23T13:18:22.191Z

Reserved: 2023-02-23T19:21:37.769Z

Link: CVE-2023-0993

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:32:46.206Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-09T06:15:55.063

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:38:14.763

Link: CVE-2023-0993

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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