CVE-2023-6989

Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security <= 18.5.9 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El complemento Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security para WordPress es vulnerable a la inclusión de archivos locales en todas las versiones hasta la 18.5.9 incluida, a través del parámetro render_action_template. Esto hace posible que un atacante no autenticado incluya y ejecute archivos PHP en el servidor, permitiendo la ejecución de cualquier código PHP en esos archivos.

*Credits: hoangnd123123

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 9.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-12-20 CVE Reserved
2024-02-05 CVE Published
2024-11-07 CVE Updated
2024-11-08 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-98: Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3013699%40wp-simple-firewall&new=3013699%40wp-simple-firewall&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	2024-02-13
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/063826cc-7ff3-4869-9831-f6a4a4bbe74c?source=cve	2024-02-13

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Getshieldsecurity Search vendor "Getshieldsecurity"		Shield Security Search vendor "Getshieldsecurity" for product "Shield Security"				< 18.5.10 Search vendor "Getshieldsecurity" for product "Shield Security" and version " < 18.5.10"		wordpress		Affected