Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 23, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026
WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.2.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2024-8500
Description
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the several parameters in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
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Affected products
3- Range: <=7.2.2
- gn_themes/WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimatev5Range: 0
Patches
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