CVE-2017-18580

CRITICAL EXPLOITED NUCLEI

Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.0.1 - Remote Code Execution via Shortcode Filter

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2017-18580 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). A Nuclei detection template is also available.

Description

The shortcodes-ultimate plugin before 5.0.1 for WordPress has remote code execution via a filter in a meta, post, or user shortcode.

Nuclei Templates (1)

WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.0.0 - Authenticated Remote Code Execution
CRITICALVERIFIEDby 0x_Akoko

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1209
EPSS Percentile 95.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2017-10-31
CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
getshortcodes/shortcodes_ultimate < 5.0.1
Published Aug 22, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026