CVE-2023-6989 is a critical Local File Inclusion vulnerability affecting all versions up to 18.5.9 of the Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security WordPress plugin. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server, leading to full compromise. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist, and the vulnerability has not garnered significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 18.5.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:getshieldsecurity:shield_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.