What is CVE-2024-3188?

CVE-2024-3188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getshortcodes Shortcodes_ultimate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-04-26.

How severe is CVE-2024-3188?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-3188 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-2024-3188

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate WordPress plugin before 7.1.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users wit…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (35.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

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-2024-3188?: CVE-2024-3188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getshortcodes Shortcodes_ultimate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-04-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-3188?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-3188 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.