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Remote Content Shortcode <= 1.5 — Authenticated(Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via shortcode

CVE-2023-45652Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤1.5No patch available

What to do until a fix ships
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Severity
Medium6.3
CVSS
6.3
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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:L Confidentiality
Low
I:L Integrity
Low
A:L Availability
Low
Weakness
CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

Remote Content Shortcode remote-content-shortcode

  1. Affected≤ 1.5
  2. PatchedNo fix yet

No patched version available.

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.5. No fixed version has been released.

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

What to do

  1. No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Remote Content Shortcode to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Kévin Mosbahi (Mika).

The Remote Content Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 1.5 via the plugin's shortcode. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level privileges and above to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

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

Advisories & patches

More in Remote Content Shortcode

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More vulnerabilities in Remote Content Shortcode
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery
≤1.5No patch available
CVE-2024-2090
Medium5.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.5No patch available
CVE-2024-2089

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 6.3

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. 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.
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Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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