MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2025-0370

Shortcodes Ultimate vulnerability

CVSS
6.4
EPSS
31.1%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘src’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.3 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.
Affected vendor
Vanokhin
Affected product
Shortcodes Ultimate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2025-03-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 31.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2025-0370

  • Confirm whether Vanokhin Shortcodes Ultimate is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2025-0370.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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