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CVE-2023-6989

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
0.56567
Risk score
59.0
CISA KEV
No
PoC
No
Published
2024-02-05
Modified
2026-04-08
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2023-59181, GHSA-72XJ-CFW6-3C4Q
Products
paultgoodchild:Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches 0 ≤18.5.9
Sources
euvd EUVD-2023-59181

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.

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