CVE-2024-1658: Grid Shortcodes < 1.1.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

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: 2024-03-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Grid Shortcodes WordPress plugin before 1.1.1 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

WP Darko Grid Shortcodes: before 1.1.1 — fixed in 1.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP Darko Grid Shortcodes 1.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9489925e-5a47-4608-90a2-0139c5e1c43c/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9489925e-5a47-4608-90a2-0139c5e1c43c/

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