Description
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'data-url' DOM element attribute in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
Problem types
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Product status
* (semver)
Timeline
| 2025-05-27: | Discovered |
| 2025-06-09: | Vendor Notified |
| 2025-07-03: | Disclosed |
Credits
Asaf Mozes
References
www.wordfence.com/...-5b95-4890-a265-1dd7a029aec6?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ncludes/js/shortcodes/index.js