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Description

The ShortcodeHub plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘author_link_target’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1 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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-07-21 | Published 2025-08-23 | Updated 2025-08-25 | Assigner Wordfence




MEDIUM: 6.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem types

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

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affected

Timeline

2025-08-22:Disclosed

Credits

Peter Thaleikis finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-1a0c-47d8-babd-a84a25a8b467?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...sh-useful-shortcodes-theme.php

wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodehub/

cve.org (CVE-2025-7957)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-7957)

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