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CVE-2026-118057

HIGH CVSS 3.1: 7.2
Updated Oct 31, 2026
Paultgoodchild
Parameter Value
CVSS 7.2 (HIGH)
Type CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS))
Vendor Paultgoodchild
Public PoC No

The Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'REQUEST_URI' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 22.3.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The hidden 'path' column in ForTraffic.php lacks a client-side render function, so DataTables builds its cell via innerHTML, causing stored HTML in the path value to be parsed into live DOM nodes; a prior partial fix in version 18.5.8 added esc_html() only to the visible 'page' column, leaving the hidden 'path' field unescaped and exploitable through version 22.2.6.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Privileges Required
None
No privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
Low
Partial data leak
Integrity
Low
Partial data modification
Availability
None
No disruption

CVSS Vector v3.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Vulnerable Products

paultgoodchild:shield security – smart bot blocking, brute-force login protection & file scanning

References 6

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-simple-firewall/tags/22.2.6/src/L…
security@wordfence.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-simple-firewall/tags/22.2.6/src/L…
security@wordfence.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-simple-firewall/tags/22.2.6/src/T…
security@wordfence.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-simple-firewall/tags/22.2.6/src/T…
security@wordfence.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3769612%40wp-simple-…
security@wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3781bf74-541a-4dfb-a0…
security@wordfence.com
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