CVE-2025-8015CWE-79

Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Image Title and Slide Link

Medium · published July 22, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via an uploaded image's 'Title' and 'Slide link' fields in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00246 · 15.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2025-07-22T14:43Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 JUL 14:43Z
    Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Image Title and Slide Link
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