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CVE-2025-7957: ShortcodeHub <= 1.7.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via author_link_target Parameter

• 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: 2025-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The ShortcodeHub plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘author_link_target’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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

• surror ShortcodeHub – MultiPurpose Shortcode Builder: through 1.7.1

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodehub/trunk/inc/classes/useful-shortcodes/class-sh-useful-shortcodes-theme.php#L133
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodehub/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3db71e8-1a0c-47d8-babd-a84a25a8b467?source=cve

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