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CVE-2023-6530: TJ Shortcodes <= 0.1.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcodes

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-01-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The TJ Shortcodes WordPress plugin through 0.1.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected products

• TJ Shortcodes: through 0.1.3

References

• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-6530-tj-shortcodes-stored-xss-poc/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8e63bf7c-7827-4c4d-b0e3-66354b218bee/
• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-6530-tj-shortcodes-stored-xss-poc/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8e63bf7c-7827-4c4d-b0e3-66354b218bee/

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