Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Shortcodes Ultimate
CVE-2024-1808

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 February 2024

What is CVE-2024-1808?

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'su_qrcode' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.3 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 Version(s)

WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate * <= 7.0.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3041647/shor...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Craig Smith
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CVE-2024-1808 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Shortcodes Ultimate