VDB-317047 · CVE-2025-7354 · EUVD-2025-22051

WP Shortcodes Plugin up to 7.4.2 on WordPress Shortcode preview cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in WP Shortcodes Plugin up to 7.4.2 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Impacted is the function preview of the component Shortcode Handler. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-7354. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in WP Shortcodes Plugin up to 7.4.2 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function preview of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-7354 since 07/08/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-22051). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Name

WP Shortcodes Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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CNA Base Score: 6.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/08/2025 CVE reserved
07/20/2025 +12 days Advisory disclosed
07/20/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/21/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-7354 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-7354
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-317047
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/20/2025 22:19
Updated: 07/21/2025 14:19
Changes: 07/20/2025 22:19 (53), 07/21/2025 11:48 (12), 07/21/2025 14:19 (1)
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