WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security < 18.5.10 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion

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.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 18.5.10

References

Classification

Type
LFI
OWASP top 10
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
hir0ot
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-02-05 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2024-02-06 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2024-02-06 (about 1 year ago)

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