Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2026· Updated Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-2480
CVE-2026-2480
Description
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'max_width' attribute of the su_box shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Affected products
1- Range: <=7.4.10
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.4.9/includes/shortcodes/box.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.4.9/includes/shortcodes/box.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3489360/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/shortcodes/box.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61ab7a28-bcca-41ff-89d1-c083c6b0d39fnvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (March 30, 2026 to April 5, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Apr 9, 2026