CVE-2024-5220 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting all versions up to 7.5 of the ND Shortcodes plugin for WordPress. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access or higher to inject malicious web scripts through the plugin's upload feature due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction, with potential for limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nicdark:nd_shortcodes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 7.5CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:nicdark:nd_shortcodes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.