High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Jun 9, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026

CVE-2023-0992

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.

Affected products

Getshieldsecurity/Shield Security
cpe:2.3:a:getshieldsecurity:shield_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <=17.0.17

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatch
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/162dff28-94ea-4a47-a6cb-a13317cf1a04nvdThird Party Advisory
wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/nvdProduct
www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/04/multiple-vulnerabilities-patched-in-shield-security/nvd

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