Description
The Shield Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 21.0.8. This is due to the plugin allowing nonce verification to be bypassed via user-supplied parameter in the 'isNonceVerifyRequired' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute SQL injection attacks, extracting sensitive information from the database, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Various Sources
https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2026-0722/
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
31.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-89
Status
published
Products (1)
paultgoodchild/Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches
< 21.0.8
Published
Feb 19, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 19, 2026