CVE-2025-7354
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2025-7354) via the plugin's shortcodes in versions up to and including 7.4.2. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on July 21, 2025, affecting WordPress installations with the Shortcodes Ultimate plugin (NVD Database).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's shortcodes implementation. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.4 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (NVD Database).

Impact

This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or manipulation of website content (NVD Database).

Mitigation and workarounds

A fix has been released in version 7.4.3 of the Shortcodes Ultimate plugin. Website administrators are advised to update to this latest version to mitigate the vulnerability (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources


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