{
    "id": "CVE-2023-6989",
    "published": "2024-02-05 22:15:58",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 06:51:49",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-98",
    "description": "The Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 18.5.9 via the render_action_template parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attacker to include and execute PHP files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files.",
    "epss_score": "0.56567",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99035",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:41",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "EPSS 56.6% — above the 10% action threshold."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "getshieldsecurity",
            "product": "shield_security"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3013699%40wp-simple-firewall&new=3013699%40wp-simple-firewall&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=",
        "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/063826cc-7ff3-4869-9831-f6a4a4bbe74c?source=cve",
        "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3013699%40wp-simple-firewall&new=3013699%40wp-simple-firewall&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=",
        "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/063826cc-7ff3-4869-9831-f6a4a4bbe74c?source=cve"
    ]
}