# Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning

> Smart WordPress security that blocks bots automatically, guides you to what matters, and repairs problems — without drowning you in noise.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:31 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `wp-simple-firewall`
- Author: Paul
- Version: 22.3.4
- Active installs: 30,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-27 (18 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.2 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.7, PHP 7.4
- Tags: 2FA, Activity Log, bots, firewall, security
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 18 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Phones home ↔ Private, Paywalled ↔ Generous.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-31 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Request Path (REQUEST_URI) in Traffic Log (up to 22.3.2). CVE-2026-118057, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3781bf74-541a-4dfb-a058-1a9ea6aa970e?source=api-prod
- 2026-02-18 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Email MFA Update (up to 21.0.9). CVE-2025-14427, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/91dbc521-c24b-4b73-9b70-46d363ccb535?source=api-prod
- 2026-02-18 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'message' Parameter (up to 21.0.8). CVE-2026-0561, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cb49eb5f-c1ff-4440-8b53-c2515e65da27?source=api-prod
- 2026-02-18 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery to SQL Injection (up to 21.0.8). CVE-2026-0722, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f53d9579-56e9-41aa-b6b7-2472734ee719?source=api-prod
- 2026-01-15 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Disable Google Authenticator (up to 21.0.9). CVE-2025-15370, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d777014a-5397-4062-af39-7ea86589a0d0?source=api-prod
- 2024-08-05 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 20.0.5). CVE-2024-7313, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f23e7274-45f6-46da-b4c8-2eaa1bd39257?source=api-prod
- 2024-06-01 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 19.1.10). CVE-2024-4344, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d3b9cde-e4d8-4217-96b4-f6ad00cd3a2d?source=api-prod
- 2024-02-05 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion (up to 18.5.9). CVE-2023-6989, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/063826cc-7ff3-4869-9831-f6a4a4bbe74c?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-16 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via getColumnContent_Page (up to 18.5.7). CVE-2024-22163, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fcd02dfa-688e-4375-92cb-8d0e7cbaaa6e?source=api-prod
- 2023-04-25 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 17.0.18). CVE-2023-0992, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/162dff28-94ea-4a47-a6cb-a13317cf1a04?source=api-prod
- 2023-04-25 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (before 17.0.18). CVE-2023-0993, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/674461ad-9b61-48c4-af2a-5dfcaeb38215?source=api-prod
- 2022-01-19 MEDIUM: Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 13.0.5). CVE-2022-0211, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/287c6cdc-f534-4b87-8a97-ee1e3666cd25?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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