What is CVE-2024-9581?

CVE-2024-9581 is a high-severity vulnerability in Happyplugins Shortcodes Anywhere, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2024-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-9581?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-9581 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Happyplugins Shortcodes Anywhere

CVE-2024-9581

The Shortcodes AnyWhere plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a valu…

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.004 (35.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Happyplugins Shortcodes Anywhere — versions 0
Happyplugins Shortcodes_anywhere

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9581?: CVE-2024-9581 is a high-severity vulnerability in Happyplugins Shortcodes Anywhere, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2024-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-9581?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9581 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.