What is CVE-2024-2583?

CVE-2024-2583 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getshortcodes Shortcodes_ultimate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-2583?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-2583 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Getshortcodes Shortcodes_ultimate

CVE-2024-2583

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate WordPress plugin before 7.0.5 does not properly escape some of its shortcodes attributes before they are echoed back to users, making it possible for users with the contributor role to conduct…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (32.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Getshortcodes Shortcodes_ultimate
Unknown Wp Shortcodes Plugin — Ultimate — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2583?: CVE-2024-2583 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getshortcodes Shortcodes_ultimate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-2583?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-2583 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.