CVE-2025-7957

MEDIUM

6.4

Description

The ShortcodeHub plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘author_link_target’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.4

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published8/23/2025

Last Modified8/25/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodehub/trunk/inc/classes/useful-shortcodes/class-sh-useful-shortcodes-theme.php#L133(security@wordfence.com)

https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodehub/#developers(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3db71e8-1a0c-47d8-babd-a84a25a8b467?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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