Shield Security < 13.0.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2022-0211

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Shield Security – Scanners, Security Hardening, Brute Force Protection & Firewall
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 February 2022

What is CVE-2022-0211?

The Shield Security WordPress plugin before 13.0.6 does not sanitise and escape admin notes, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.

Affected Version(s)

Shield Security – Scanners, Security Hardening, Brute Force Protection & Firewall 13.0.6

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d276cca-d6eb-4f4c-83dd-...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Yoru Oni
.