Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 9, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026

CVE-2023-0993

Description

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.

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Affected products

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

Patches

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatch
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/674461ad-9b61-48c4-af2a-5dfcaeb38215nvdThird 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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