What is CVE-2024-8500?

CVE-2024-8500 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gn_themes Wp Shortcodes Plugin — Ultimate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-10-23.

How severe is CVE-2024-8500?

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

Is CVE-2024-8500 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Gn_themes Wp Shortcodes Plugin — Ultimate

CVE-2024-8500

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the several parameters in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escap…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (49.1th 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

Gn_themes Wp Shortcodes Plugin — Ultimate — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8500?: CVE-2024-8500 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gn_themes Wp Shortcodes Plugin — Ultimate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-10-23.
How severe is CVE-2024-8500?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8500 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.