CVE-2024-9578: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in egolacrima Hide Links
The Hide Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized shortcode execution due to do_shortcode being hooked through the comment_text filter in all versions up to and including 1.4.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes available on the target site.
CVE-2024-9578: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in egolacrima Hide Links
Description
The Hide Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized shortcode execution due to do_shortcode being hooked through the comment_text filter in all versions up to and including 1.4.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes available on the target site.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-10-07T12:35:19.941Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6b52b7ef31ef0b552205
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:36:18 PM
Last updated: 2/26/2026, 8:36:29 AM
Views: 2
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