vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: wp-simple-firewall: CVE-2023-0992: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 25, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 15, 2025

Description

The Shield Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 17.0.17 via the 'User-Agent' header. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Solution

wp-simple-firewall-plugin-cve-2023-0992
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