CVE-2022-0211 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2022-02-21

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

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

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`13.0.6`	affected	< 13.0.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:getshieldsecurity:shield_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-15413	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00225.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d276cca-d6eb-4f4c-83dd-fbc03254c679

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Getshieldsecurity Shield Security

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-02-21T10:46:05.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:18:42.529Z

Reserved: 2022-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-0211

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-02-21T11:15:09.367

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:38:09.003

Link: CVE-2022-0211

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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