PT-2026-30311 · WordPress · Shortcodes Ultimate

Dmitry Ignatyev · Published 2026-04-04 · Updated 2026-04-04 · CVE-2026-0738

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 7.4.8

Description The Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting through the 'su carousel' shortcode. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'su slide link' attachment meta field allows authenticated attackers with author-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute when a user accesses the affected page.

Recommendations Update the Shortcodes Ultimate plugin to a version greater than 7.4.8.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-0738

Affected Products

Shortcodes Ultimate

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0738 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5bfc718a-408b-4389-b03b-bfe152ed7b28?source=cve · Note
• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2026-0738 · Note
• https://twitter.com/cyberbivash/status/2040352399731122471 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.4.8/includes/shortcodes/carousel.php&new_path=shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.4.9/includes/shortcodes/carousel.php · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2040481250172186997 · Twitter Post