CVE-2024-6766 Shortcodes Ultimate Pro < 7.2.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

What is CVE-2024-6766?

CVE-2024-6766 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown shortcodes-ultimate-pro, published on 6 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The shortcodes-ultimate-pro WordPress plugin before 7.2.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6766?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6766?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6766 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-2024-6766 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6766 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown shortcodes-ultimate-pro

• 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-qfp3-q936-c28j.