WP Shieldon <= 1.6.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24124
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published January 18, 2021
Last Updated June 19, 2023
Researcher Johto Robbie

Description

Unvalidated input and lack of output encoding in the WP Shieldon WordPress plugin, version 1.6.3 and below, leads to Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) when the CAPTCHA page is shown could lead to privileged escalation.

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Vulnerability Details for WP Shieldon – WordPress Firewall

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-shieldon (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.6.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6.3
Patched Version
  • 1.6.4

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