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.
Published: 2024-02-05
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 65.8% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security <= 18.5.9 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
Weaknesses CWE-98

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.73002}

epss

{'score': 0.75435}


Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Getshieldsecurity Shield Security
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:33:39.945Z

Reserved: 2023-12-20T09:55:23.724Z

Link: CVE-2023-6989

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:50:08.310Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-05T22:15:58.603

Modified: 2026-04-08T17:17:19.287

Link: CVE-2023-6989

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses