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CVE-2017-18580

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The shortcodes-ultimate plugin before 5.0.1 for WordPress has remote code execution via a filter in a meta, post, or user shortcode.

Affected products

• gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate: before 5.0.1 — fixed in 5.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate 5.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ultimate/#developers
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ultimate/#developers

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