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CVE-2026-2480: WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'max_width' Shortcode Attribute

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-03-31 · 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 'max_width' attribute of the `su_box` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.10 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: through 7.4.10

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.4.9/includes/shortcodes/box.php#L107
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.4.9/includes/shortcodes/box.php#L113
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3489360/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/shortcodes/box.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61ab7a28-bcca-41ff-89d1-c083c6b0d39f?source=cve

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