ShortcodeHub – MultiPurpose Shortcode Builder, CVE-2025-7957
- CVE, Research URL
- Published on
- Aug 23, 2025
- Research 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.
- Affected versions
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Min -, max 1.7.1.
- Status
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vulnerable
| Previous vulnerability researches |
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| StoryChief (f880d0ed5e5e8b5e0a198ccb03e9c96ca367991f) , Jun 07, 2024 |
| StoryChief (CVE-2025-7441) , Aug 17, 2025 |