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ShortcodeHub – MultiPurpose Shortcode Builder, CVE-2025-7957

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2025-7957

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
Min -, max 1.7.1.
Status
vulnerable