CVE-2024-6766 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The shortcodes-ultimate-pro WordPress plugin before 7.2.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Published: 2024-08-06

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

shortcodes-ultimate-pro

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 7.2.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:getshortcodes:shortcodes_ultimate:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00249.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/77bb1dcf-4e84-497a-955e-f3c0b649ad1c/

History

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Getshortcodes Getshortcodes shortcodes Ultimate
Weaknesses		CWE-79
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:getshortcodes:shortcodes_ultimate:::::pro:wordpress::
Vendors & Products		Getshortcodes Getshortcodes shortcodes Ultimate

Subscriptions

Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate

Shortcodes Ultimate Pro Shortcodes Ultimate Pro

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-08-06T06:00:06.735Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:29:57.531Z

Reserved: 2024-07-15T19:31:39.134Z

Link: CVE-2024-6766

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:29:01.268Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-08-06T06:15:36.047

Modified: 2025-06-13T00:16:33.187

Link: CVE-2024-6766

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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