{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-0561 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-0561 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-0561 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in paultgoodchild Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches, published on 19 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-0561 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-0561 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in paultgoodchild Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches, published on 19 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-0561 exists.\n\nAffected product: paultgoodchild Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0561/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0561/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-0561","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0561/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-0561","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-wpqj-w3wq-pqjv"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress security plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the message parameter, requiring user interaction to execute.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":6.1,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"The Shield Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'message' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 21.0.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-0561.yaml","stars":null,"title":"Shield Security \u003c= 21.0.8 - Unauthenticated Reflected XSS"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Shield Security \u003c= 21.0.8 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'message' Parameter","id":"CVE-2026-0561","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in parisneo/lollms","id":"CVE-2026-0562"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in parisneo/lollms","id":"CVE-2026-0560"},"products":["Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches"],"published":"2026-02-19","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["paultgoodchild"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the message parameter, requiring user interaction to execute.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0561/"}