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6.4
WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin Allows Malicious Script Injection
CVE-2026-3885
Summary
The WordPress plugin Shortcodes Ultimate allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into website pages, potentially harming visitors. This vulnerability affects all versions up to 7.4.9. Update to the latest version of the plugin to fix this issue.
Original title
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'su_box' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.9 due ...
Original description
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'su_box' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
nvd CVSS3.1
6.4
Vulnerability type
CWE-79
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Published: 16 Apr 2026 · Updated: 16 Apr 2026 · First seen: 16 Apr 2026