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.
CVE-2023-6989 is a critical severity with CVSS 9.8 Local File Inclusion issue affecting the Plugin Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches. It affects Versions up to 18.5.9 and is fixed in 18.5.10.
CVE-2023-6989 is tracked for the Plugin Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches as critical severity with CVSS 9.8. The affected range is Versions up to 18.5.9. Update Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches to 18.5.10 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
wp-simple-firewall
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2023-6989 |
| Patched Versions |
18.5.10
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 18.5.9
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Shield Security <= 18.5.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via getColumnContent_Page
Shield Security <= 17.0.17 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Shield Security <= 21.0.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to SQL Injection
Shield Security <= 21.0.8 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'message' Parameter
Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security <= 20.0.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Shield Security <= 13.0.5 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Shield Security: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches <= 21.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Email MFA Update
Shield Security <= 21.0.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Disable Google Authenticator
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