Description
The WP Shortcodes Plugin - Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.7. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'src' attribute of the su_lightbox shortcode. 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.
Published: 2026-04-04
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored cross‑site scripting that allows authenticated users with contributor or higher access to inject and execute arbitrary scripts on site pages
Action: Patch
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History

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gn Themes
Gn Themes wp Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Gn Themes
Gn Themes wp Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The WP Shortcodes Plugin - Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.7. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'src' attribute of the su_lightbox shortcode. 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.
Title Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'su_lightbox' Shortcode
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Gn Themes Wp Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:57:07.456Z

Reserved: 2026-01-08T16:20:21.978Z

Link: CVE-2026-0737

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-06T18:00:22.183Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-04-04T08:16:06.047

Modified: 2026-04-24T18:13:28.877

Link: CVE-2026-0737

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-06T22:20:58Z

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