XSS in Getshieldsecurity Shield Security

CVE-2023-0992

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.930 (99.8th percentile), scored .

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-0992: held from 0.930 to 0.930.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.930 · newest: 0.930 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0992?
CVE-2023-0992 is a high-severity vulnerability in Getshieldsecurity Shield Security, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2023-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2023-0992?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-0992 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.