🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2024-3550

MEDIUM 6.4

WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 7.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor gn_themes
Product wp shortcodes plugin — shortcodes ultimate
Published May 2, 2024
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

gn_themes / WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate
0 ≤ 7.1.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bf7b0f1b-a6d3-4a96-adaa-0adeb6ea2efd?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/functions-html.php#L51 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/shortcodes/lightbox.php#L71 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/shortcodes/service.php#L93 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/shortcodes/dailymotion.php#L141 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3069959%40shortcodes-ultimate%2Ftrunk&old=3069892%40shortcodes-ultimate%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Credits

Matthew Rollings