WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
WP Shieldon < 1.6.4 - Unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Description
The WP Shieldon WordPress plugin, versions 1.6.3 and below, were vulnerable to Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) when the CAPTCHA page is shown.
This was due to $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] being echoed to a page without any encoding.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 1.6.4 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Johto Robbie
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2021-01-18 (about 4 years ago)
Added
2021-01-25 (about 4 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-06-19 (about 2 years ago)
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