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TI-2025-06715 Aliases CVE-2025-7369GHSA-9qrf-5w3r-r7p7

Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

Priority LOW 26CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

The WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the preview function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. In combination with CVE-2025-7354, it leads to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0019 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
gn_themesWP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimateup to 7.4.2—No fix listedCNA
  • WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate Vendorgn_themes Affected up to 7.4.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:getshortcodes:shortcodes_ultimate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——gn_themes
  • cpe:2.3:a:getshortcodes:shortcodes_ultimate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·gn_themes

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-7369
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9qrf-5w3r-r7p7

References

  • TI-2023-00863 Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ User Meta Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2023-00842 Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Access CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2024-02988 Shortcodes Ultimate < 7.1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
  • TI-2024-06270 Shortcodes Ultimate Pro < 7.2.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2024-02402 Shortcodes Ultimate < 7.0.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2017-13753 The shortcodes-ultimate plugin before 5.0.1 for WordPress has remote code execution via a… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources