CVE-2023-6225
published 2023-11-28CVE-2023-6225: The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's su_meta shortcode combined…
PriorityP424medium5.4CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRLUIRSCCLILAN
EPSS
0.48%
38.1th percentile
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's su_meta shortcode combined with post meta data in all versions up to, and including, 5.13.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied meta values. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| getshortcodes | shortcodes_ultimate | < 7.0.0 | 7.0.0 |
| gn_themes | wp_shortcodes_plugin_shortcodes_ultimate | <= 5.13.3 | — |
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VulDB
WP Shortcodes Plugin up to 5.13.3 on WordPress cross site scripting
vuldb·2026-04-11·CVSS 6.4
CVE-2023-6225 [MEDIUM] WP Shortcodes Plugin up to 5.13.3 on WordPress cross site scripting
A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in WP Shortcodes Plugin up to 5.13.3 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting.
This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-6225. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.
GHSA
GHSA-776g-cf7f-cc6x: The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's su_meta shortcode co
ghsa_unreviewed·2023-11-28
CVE-2023-6225 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-776g-cf7f-cc6x: The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's su_meta shortcode co
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's su_meta shortcode combined with post meta data in all versions up to, and including, 5.13.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied meta values. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/shortcodes/meta.phphttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3000576%40shortcodes-ultimate&new=3000576%40shortcodes-ultimate&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/558e36f6-4678-46a2-8154-42770fbb5574?source=cvehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/shortcodes/meta.phphttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3000576%40shortcodes-ultimate&new=3000576%40shortcodes-ultimate&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/558e36f6-4678-46a2-8154-42770fbb5574?source=cve
2023-11-28
Published