CVE-2024-9696 Rescue Shortcodes <= 2.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

What is CVE-2024-9696?

CVE-2024-9696 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in rescuethemes Rescue Shortcodes, published on 12 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Rescue Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'rescue_tab' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9696?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rescuethemes Rescue Shortcodes.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9696?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9696 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-2024-9696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in rescuethemes Rescue Shortcodes

• CVE-2025-39528 WordPress Rescue Shortcodes plugin <= 3.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-41728 WordPress Rescue Shortcodes Plugin <= 2.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-11199 Rescue Shortcodes <= 2.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via rescue_progressbar Shortcode Medium 6.4

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-7f7h-grcw-2675.