CVE-2025-8015
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-07-22
Last updated on: 2026-04-08
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| wp_shortcodes | shortcodes_ultimate | * |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-79 | The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability exists in the WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate for WordPress, where an attacker with Author-level access or higher can exploit insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'Title' and 'Slide link' fields of an uploaded image. This allows the attacker to inject stored cross-site scripting (XSS) payloads that execute arbitrary web scripts whenever a user views the affected page.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the affected website, potentially leading to unauthorized actions such as stealing user credentials, hijacking user sessions, defacing the website, or spreading malware to visitors. Since the attacker needs Author-level access, it could be used to escalate damage within the site.