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CVE-2023-0993
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2023-06-09T06:15:55.063 · Last modified 2026-06-17T05:26:50.670

Summary

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.

Affected products

getshieldsecurity — shield_security

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References

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