What is CVE-2025-14539?

CVE-2025-14539 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rang501 Shortcode Ajax, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-14539?

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

RCE in Rang501 Shortcode Ajax

CVE-2025-14539

The The Shortcode Ajax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.003 (16.9th 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:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Rang501 Shortcode Ajax — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14539?: CVE-2025-14539 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rang501 Shortcode Ajax, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-14539?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.