Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in WP Shortcodes Plugin by WordPress

CVE-2023-6488

What is CVE-2023-6488?

The Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-generated attributes within the 'su_button', 'su_members', and 'su_tabs' shortcodes. This vulnerability allows authenticated users with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary scripts into pages. These scripts will execute in the browsers of users visiting those pages, potentially compromising sensitive information or leading to further exploitation.

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