WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.0.0 - Authenticated Remote Code Execution

8.8
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2017-18580
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published October 31, 2017
Last Updated January 25, 2023
Researcher Robert Mathews

Description

The shortcodes-ultimate plugin before 5.0.1 for WordPress has remote code execution via a filter in a meta, post, or user shortcode.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug shortcodes-ultimate (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.0.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 5.0.1
Patched Version
  • 5.0.1

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