CVE-2026-2480
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
31/03/2026
Last modified:
24/04/2026
Description
The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'max_width' attribute of the `su_box` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.10 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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.4.9/includes/shortcodes/box.php#L107
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.4.9/includes/shortcodes/box.php#L113
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3489360/shortcodes-ultimate/trunk/includes/shortcodes/box.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61ab7a28-bcca-41ff-89d1-c083c6b0d39f?source=cve



