Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-0370

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 March 2025

What is CVE-2025-0370?

The Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is affected by a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Contributor-level access or higher to exploit the ‘src’ parameter. This occurs due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping, enabling attackers to inject and execute arbitrary web scripts on pages when accessed by users. It underscores the importance of implementing strong security measures in web applications to prevent injection attacks.

Affected Version(s)

WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate 0 <= 7.3.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ult...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ultimate/#develo...

EPSS Score

6% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Matthew Rollings
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