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Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.12.6 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read via Shortcode

CVE-2023-25050Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤5.12.6Update to 5.12.7 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
Medium6.5
CVSS
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:N Integrity
None
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements shortcodes-ultimate

  1. Affected≤ 5.12.6
  2. Patched in5.12.7

Update to 5.12.7 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 5.12.6. Version 5.12.7 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 5.12.7, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Rafie Muhammad.

The Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in versions up to, and including, 5.12.6. This is due to insufficient validation on the url being supplied via the "url" attribute of the su_table shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level privileges and above, to supply paths to arbitrary files that will be returned when rendering the shortcode. This can be leveraged to read sensitive configuration files like wp-config.php. This is only exploitable when the Unsafe features option is enabled.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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Medium6.1Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter
≤5.5.8Update to 5.5.9
CVE-2024-13362
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via su_box Shortcode
≤7.4.9Update to 7.5.0
CVE-2026-3885
Medium6.4authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'su_carousel' Shortcode
≤7.4.8Update to 7.4.9
CVE-2026-0738
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'su_lightbox' Shortcode
≤7.4.7Update to 7.4.8
CVE-2026-0737
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'max_width' Shortcode Attribute
≤7.4.10Update to 7.5.0
CVE-2026-2480

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 6.5

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
[object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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