CVE-2026-3885
MediumCVSS 6.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk25th percentile - higher than 25% of all known CVEs
Summary
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'su_box' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.9 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.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can inject malicious scripts that execute in users' browsers, potentially leading to session theft, account takeover, or malware distribution.
Recommendation
Update the plugin to the latest version and ensure all shortcode attributes are properly sanitized and escaped.
Other vulnerabilities in Shortcodes Ultimate
See all- CVE-2026-0738Medium
The Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress up to version 7.4.8 contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability via the su_carousel shortcode, due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'su_slide_link' attachment meta field.
- CVE-2026-0737Medium
The Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress up to version 7.4.7 has a Stored XSS vulnerability in the 'src' attribute of the su_lightbox shortcode. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping allow authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject scripts.
Original NVD description (English source)
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'su_box' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.9 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.

