CVE-2023-6989
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.
Published:Feb 5, 2024
Last Modified:Apr 8, 2026
EPS:Feb 5, 2024
EPSS Score:0.61945
CVSS Score:9.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Getshieldsecurity
Product
Shield Security
Getshieldsecurity
Shield Security
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
