CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-14539

MediumCVSS 5.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.29%

20th percentile - higher than 20% of all known CVEs

Summary

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 improper validation before running do_shortcode, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this to perform unauthorized actions on the site, potentially leading to data integrity issues or full site compromise.

Recommendation

Update the plugin to the latest patched version immediately. If no patch is available, temporarily disable the plugin.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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 data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS