{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24525 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24525 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-24525 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate, published on 20 Sep 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24525 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-24525 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate, published on 20 Sep 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24525 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Unknown WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24525/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24525/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-24525","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24525/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-24525","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-m4cm-qh2r-fvg3"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes, potentially leading to code execution or account takeover in WordPress sites using this plugin.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"WPScan","cpe":[{"product":"shortcodes_ultimate","vendor":"getshortcodes"}],"cvss":{"score":5.4,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"The Shortcodes Ultimate WordPress plugin before 5.10.2 allows users with Contributor roles to perform stored XSS via shortcode attributes. Note: the plugin is inconsistent in its handling of shortcode attributes; some do escape, most don't, and there are even some attributes that are insecure by design (like [su_button]'s onclick attribute).","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Shortcodes Ultimate \u003c 5.10.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS","id":"CVE-2021-24525","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Form Maker \u003c 1.13.60 - Authenticated Stored XSS","id":"CVE-2021-24526"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"GiveWP \u003c 2.12.0 - Authenticated Stored XSS","id":"CVE-2021-24524"},"products":["WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate"],"published":"2021-09-20","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-18580","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-08-22"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin \u003c= 5.12.6 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)","id":"CVE-2023-23800","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-11-13"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin \u003c= 5.12.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-25040","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-03-30"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Shortcodes Ultimate \u003c 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Access","id":"CVE-2023-0890","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-03-20"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Shortcodes Ultimate \u003c 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ User Meta Disclosure","id":"CVE-2023-0911","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-03-20"},{"cvss_score":6.4,"headline":"Shortcodes Ultimate \u003c= 7.4.0 - Authenticted (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-url' Attribute","id":"CVE-2025-5567","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-07-04"},{"cvss_score":6.4,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate","id":"CVE-2024-4821","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-06-05"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-03","vendors":["Unknown"]},"summary":"Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes, potentially leading to code execution or account takeover in WordPress sites using this plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24525/"}