CVE-2024-3548 Shortcodes Ultimate < 7.1.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

What is CVE-2024-3548?

CVE-2024-3548 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate, published on 15 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3548?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate.

How do I fix CVE-2024-3548?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3548 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-2024-3548 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3548 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate

• CVE-2017-18580 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-23800 WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin <= 5.12.6 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) High 7.1
• CVE-2023-25040 WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin <= 5.12.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-0890 Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Access Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-0911 Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ User Meta Disclosure Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-fgjm-9hpr-9w7r.