CVE-2024-8481 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 6.2.2 of the Special Text Boxes plugin for WordPress. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes due to the plugin's improper handling of shortcodes within comments. With a CVSS score of 7.3, this vulnerability presents a low attack complexity and can lead to limited impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplelib:special_text_boxes:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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