PT-2024-31684 · WordPress · Shortcodes Ultimate

Wesley · Published 2024-05-21 · Updated 2024-05-21 · CVE-2024-4553

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 7.1.5

Description: The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'su members' shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the user-supplied color attribute. This allows 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.

Recommendations: For versions up to, and including, 7.1.5, update the plugin to a version later than 7.1.5 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the su members shortcode or disabling it until a patch is available. Additionally, restrict contributor-level access and above to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-4553

Affected Products

Shortcodes Ultimate

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4553 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4553 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3084162/#file524 · Patch
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d8db8ed5-ebeb-4102-928f-fe417e429ad2?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1792898940393697731 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1792855621500297584 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/linuxpatch/status/1792874790690095513 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.1.4/includes/shortcodes/members.php#L83 · Note