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CVE-2024-3188: Shortcodes Ultimate < 7.1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 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: 2024-04-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate WordPress plugin before 7.1.0 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

• gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate: before 7.1.0 — fixed in 7.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate 7.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bc273e75-7faf-4eaf-8ebd-efc5d6e9261f/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bc273e75-7faf-4eaf-8ebd-efc5d6e9261f/

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