PT-2026-29403 · WordPress · Shortcodes Ultimate

Michael Iden · Published 2026-03-31 · Updated 2026-04-01 · CVE-2026-2480

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 WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate versions through 7.4.10

Description The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting through the max width attribute of the su box shortcode. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes allow authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute when a user accesses the injected page.

Recommendations Update WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate to a version later than 7.4.10.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-2480

Affected Products

Shortcodes Ultimate

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2480 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.4.9/includes/shortcodes/box.php#L107 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3489360/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/shortcodes/box.php · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2039279715102622151 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.4.9/includes/shortcodes/box.php#L113 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61ab7a28-bcca-41ff-89d1-c083c6b0d39f?source=cve · Note