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CVE-2024-8500 — Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements [shortcodes-ultimate] < 7.3.0

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2024-8500 Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements [shortcodes-ultimate] < 7.3.0 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Medium 5.4 < 7.3.0 7.3.0 2024-10-22 —

CVE-2024-8500

The Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts into web pages. This is due to the plugin not properly filtering and escaping user input, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary web scripts when a user visits the affected page.

Based on public CVE data (MITRE/NVD).

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