CVE-2024-8500: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the several parameters in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
CVE-2024-8500: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate
Description
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the several parameters in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-09-05T20:15:39.819Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6c2ab7ef31ef0b560b15
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:39:54 PM
Last updated: 2/25/2026, 9:57:10 PM
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