Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Nov 28, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-6225
CVE-2023-6225
Description
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 products
1- cpe:2.3:a:getshortcodes:shortcodes_ultimate:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <7.0.0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/558e36f6-4678-46a2-8154-42770fbb5574nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/shortcodes/meta.phpnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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