CVE-2025-5567

MEDIUM

Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.0 - Authenticated Stored XSS via data-url

Title source: llm

Description

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'data-url' DOM element attribute in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.0 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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.4.0/includes/js/shortcodes/index.js

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fbd67145-5b95-4890-a265-1dd7a029aec6?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.0018

EPSS Percentile 7.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (2)

getshortcodes/shortcodes_ultimate < 7.4.1

gn_themes/WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate < 7.4.0

Published Jul 04, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026