CVE-2024-4344

MEDIUM 4.3

Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security <= 19.1.13 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

CVSS Score

4.3

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

The Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 19.1.13. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the exec function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disable pin protection for the admin interface of the plugin via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CWE	CWE-352
Vendor	paultgoodchild
Product	shield: blocks bots, protects users, and prevents security breaches
Published	Jun 2, 2024
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

paultgoodchild / Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches

0 ≤ 19.1.10

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d3b9cde-e4d8-4217-96b4-f6ad00cd3a2d?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-simple-firewall/trunk/src/lib/src/ActionRouter/Actions/SecurityAdminRemove.php plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3079504%40wp-simple-firewall%2Ftrunk&old=3079461%40wp-simple-firewall%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Credits

Christian Angel