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CVE-2024-2090: Remote Content Shortcode <= 1.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 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: 2024-08-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-918

Description

The Remote Content Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.5 via the remote_content shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Affected products

• doublesharp Remote Content Shortcode: through 1.5

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/remote-content-shortcode/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ec93f360-2eed-4858-b36f-8cc17f7b4ac1?source=cve

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