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CVE-2024-1808: WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.0.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via su_qrcode Shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'su_qrcode' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.3 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.

Affected products

• gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate: before 7.0.4 — fixed in 7.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate 7.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3041647/shortcodes-ultimate
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/96769a0e-d4a9-4196-8ded-b600046c0943?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3041647/shortcodes-ultimate
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/96769a0e-d4a9-4196-8ded-b600046c0943?source=cve

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