PT-2024-39059 · WordPress · Wp Shortcodes Plugin

Craig Smith + 1 · Published 2024-10-23 · Updated 2024-10-25 · CVE-2024-8500

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 7.2.2

Description: The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in several parameters. This allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages, which will execute when a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations: For versions up to, and including, 7.2.2, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the parameters that are vulnerable to the Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-8500

Affected Products

Wp Shortcodes Plugin

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8500 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3171844 · Patch
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/78af6e06-4b4c-4f56-a6f8-f98e8f681976?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1849046665468186798 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/js/shortcodes/index.js · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/8681 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/99164 · Telegram Post