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WordPress Plugin Shield Security-Smart Bot Blocking Intrusion Prevention Security Cross-Site Scripting - CVE-2024-22163 - Vulnerability Database
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WordPress Plugin Shield Security-Smart Bot Blocking Intrusion Prevention Security Cross-Site Scripting - CVE-2024-22163

High
Reference: CVE-2024-22163
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22163
Title: WordPress Plugin Shield Security-Smart Bot Blocking Intrusion Prevention Security Cross-Site Scripting
Overview:

WordPress Plugin Shield Security-Smart Bot Blocking Intrusion Prevention Security is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. WordPress Plugin Shield Security-Smart Bot Blocking Intrusion Prevention Security version 18.5.7 is vulnerable prior versions may also be affected.