Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 5, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-6989
CVE-2023-6989
Description
The Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 18.5.9 via the render_action_template parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attacker to include and execute PHP files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:getshieldsecurity:shield_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <18.5.10
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/063826cc-7ff3-4869-9831-f6a4a4bbe74cnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
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