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CVE-2025-0370: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-0370) affecting versions up to and including 7.3.3. The vulnerability exists in the 'src' parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.4 (Medium) according to NVD, and 6.4 (Medium) according to Wordfence. The attack vector is network-based (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and requires low privileges (PR:L). The vulnerability exists in the 'src' parameter of the plugin where input validation and output escaping are insufficient (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 7.3.4 of the WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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