CVE-2024-5220

MEDIUM 6.4

ND Shortcodes <= 7.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

CVSS Score

6.4

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

The ND Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's upload feature in all versions up to, and including, 7.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-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	nicdark
Product	nd shortcodes
Published	May 25, 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

nicdark / ND Shortcodes

0 ≤ 7.5

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5cbd6040-0446-41fe-8fef-c9065beeaa3a?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nd-shortcodes/tags/7.3/nd-shortcodes.php#L63 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3091778/nd-shortcodes/trunk/nd-shortcodes.php

Credits

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