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Uix Slideshow <= 1.6.5 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

CVE-2024-9839Published Nov 15, 2024 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Affected: ≤1.6.5Update to 1.6.6 or newer

All remediation steps

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Severity

High7.3

CVSS

7.3

CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:N Privileges required: None
UI:N User interaction: None
S:U Scope: Unchanged
C:L Confidentiality: Low
I:L Integrity: Low
A:L Availability: Low

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

Required access

No account needed

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

No score

CISA KEV

Not listed

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Am I affected?

Uix Slideshow uix-slideshow

Affected≤ 1.6.5
Patched in1.6.6

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.6.5. Version 1.6.6 and later are not affected by this issue.

Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Uix Slideshow.
No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

Update to version 1.6.6, or a newer patched version
Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
Watch Uix Slideshow to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Francesco Carlucci.

The The Uix Slideshow plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

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

Advisories & patches

Advisorywordfence.com

Timeline

Nov 15, 2024
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.3
Nov 13, 2026
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.

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