What is CVE-2024-4217?

CVE-2024-4217 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2024-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-4217?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-4217 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate

CVE-2024-4217

The shortcodes-ultimate-pro WordPress plugin before 7.1.5 does not properly escape some of its shortcodes' settings, making it possible for attackers with a Contributor account to conduct Stored XSS attacks.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (37.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Getshortcodes Shortcodes_ultimate
Unknown Shortcodes-ultimate-pro — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-4217?: CVE-2024-4217 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2024-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-4217?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-4217 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.