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Access violation vulnerability in Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention 17.0.18

  • Severity: medium-risk
  • Status: Fixed
  • Publication: April 25, 2023

The Shield Security plugin for WordPress has a security flaw that allows people with special access to add entries to a log that shows when a theme or plugin has been altered. This flaw is present in versions of the plugin up to and including 17.0.17. It can also be used to inject malicious code onto a website

Detected in:

Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention fixed vulnerable versions: >= * < 17.0.18
Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security fixed vulnerable versions:
Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches fixed vulnerable versions:

This information is sourced from www.wpvulnerability.com. An open-source database of vulnerabilities maintained by the community. Help us out by submitting vulnerabilities!

Version compare shows which versions have a vulnerability. For example: >= 2.2.8 <= 2.2.21 means:

> from 2.2.8
= including 2.2.8 & 2.2.21
< to 2.2.21

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