CVE-2026-0738: medium-severity vulnerability in gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes…
Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.8 - authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'su_carousel' Shortcode
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.4epss 0.4%
The WP Shortcodes Plugin - Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the su_carousel shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.8. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'su_slide_link' attachment meta field. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected products
gn_themes · WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes UltimateRelated CVEs — gn_themes WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes…
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References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.4.8/includes/shortcodes/carousel.php&new_path=shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.4.9/includes/shortcodes/carousel.phphttps://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2026-0738/https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5bfc718a-408b-4389-b03b-bfe152ed7b28?source=cve