CVE-2024-4344 Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking & Intrusion Prevention Security <= 19.1.13 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Unauthenticated attackers can disable admin pin protection via CSRF if a site administrator clicks a malicious link.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-4344?
CVE-2024-4344 is a medium-severity vulnerability in paultgoodchild Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches, published on 2 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4344?
How do I fix CVE-2024-4344?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4344 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-4344 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4344 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q967-vw93-c286.