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WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin < 7.0.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS Vulnerability

🗓️ 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin < 7.0.5 has a stored XSS vulnerability exploitable by contributors.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:getshortcodes:shortcodes_ultimate";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.128091");
  script_version("2025-05-08T05:40:19+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-05-08 05:40:19 +0000 (Thu, 08 May 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-02-13 11:08:31 +0200 (Thu, 13 Feb 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-2583");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin < 7.0.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_plugin_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/plugin/shortcodes-ultimate/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'Shortcodes Ultimate' is prone to a
  cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The plugin is vulnerable to stored XSS due to not properly
  escaping some of its shortcodes attributes before they are echoed back to users.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Attackers with contributor-level permissions can conduct stored
  XSS attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate plugin prior to version 7.0.5.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 7.0.5 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/98d8c713-e8cd-4fad-a8fb-7a40db2742a2/");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "7.0.5" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.0.5", install_path: location );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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08 May 2025 00:00Current
5.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.5
CVSS 3.15.4
EPSS0.00403
SSVC
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