CVE-2024-9846

HIGH

Enable Shortcodes inside Widgets,Comments and Experts < 1.0.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

Title source: llm

Description

The The Enable Shortcodes inside Widgets,Comments and Experts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-shortcodes-inside-widgetscomments-and-experts/trunk/enable-shortcodes-inside-widgets-comments-experts.php#L19

Product

https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-shortcodes-inside-widgetscomments-and-experts/#developers

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1ac2544-f96b-4859-96de-795753a94264?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3

EPSS 0.0054

EPSS Percentile 41.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-94

Status published

Products (2)

aftabhusain/enable_shortcodes_inside_widgets\,comments_and_experts < 1.0.0

amu02aftab/Enable Shortcodes inside Widgets,Comments and Experts < 1.0.0

Published Oct 30, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026