CVE-2024-3548

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate WordPress plugin before 7.1.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9eef8b29-2c62-4daa-ae90-467ff9be18d8/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9eef8b29-2c62-4daa-ae90-467ff9be18d8/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:getshortcodes:shortcodes_ultimate:*:*:*:*:-:wordpress:*:*

History

03 Feb 2025, 16:31

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Getshortcodes shortcodes Ultimate Getshortcodes
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:getshortcodes:shortcodes_ultimate:::::-:wordpress::
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9eef8b29-2c62-4daa-ae90-467ff9be18d8/ -~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9eef8b29-2c62-4daa-ae90-467ff9be18d8/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CWE		CWE-79
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.1

Information

Published : 2024-05-15 06:15

Updated : 2025-03-27 15:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-3548

Mitre link : CVE-2024-3548

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-3548

JSON object : View

Products Affected

getshortcodes

shortcodes_ultimate

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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