CVE-2024-1510 Cross-site scripting in WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate

Medium 6.4 Published 20 Feb 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the su_tooltip shortcode, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-1510?

CVE-2024-1510 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate, published on 20 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's su_tooltip shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes and user supplied tags. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1510?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1510?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1510 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-1510 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1510 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mvp9-h26x-x7q3.