What is CVE-2022-0211?

CVE-2022-0211 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getshieldsecurity Shield_security, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-0211?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0211 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Getshieldsecurity Shield_security

CVE-2022-0211

The Shield Security WordPress plugin before 13.0.6 does not sanitise and escape admin notes, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Getshieldsecurity Shield_security
Unknown Shield Security – Scanners, Hardening, Brute Force Protection & Firewall — versions 13.0.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0211?: CVE-2022-0211 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getshieldsecurity Shield_security, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-0211?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0211 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.