High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Sep 14, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-8479
CVE-2024-8479
Description
The The Simple Spoiler plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in versions 1.2 to 1.3. This is due to the plugin adding the filter add_filter('comment_text', 'do_shortcode'); which will run all shortcodes in comments. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
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Affected products
2- Range: 1.2 - 1.3
- webliberty/Simple Spoilerv5Range: 1.2
Patches
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