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GHSA-M4CM-QH2R-FVG3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:15 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:15

Details

The Shortcodes Ultimate WordPress plugin before 5.10.2 allows users with Contributor roles to perform stored XSS via shortcode attributes. Note: the plugin is inconsistent in its handling of shortcode attributes; some do escape, most don't, and there are even some attributes that are insecure by design (like [su_button]'s onclick attribute).

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-24525"
  ],
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      "CWE-79"
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    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-m4cm-qh2r-fvg3",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T19:15:20Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:15:20Z",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24525"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    }
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  "severity": []
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CVE-2021-24525 (GCVE-0-2021-24525)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-20 10:06 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:35

Title

Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.10.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f5659bd-50c3-47…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate	Affected: 5.10.2 , < 5.10.2 (custom)

Credits

apple502j

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