CVE-2022-0211

MediumCVSS 4.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Shield Security WordPress plugin before 13.0.6 does not sanitise and escape admin notes, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Shield Security – Scanners, Security Hardening, Brute Force Protection & Firewall	>= 13.0.6, < 13.0.6

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d276cca-d6eb-4f4c-83dd-fbc03254c679Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d276cca-d6eb-4f4c-83dd-fbc03254c679Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 21, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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