CVE-2025-1509 is a critical arbitrary shortcode execution vulnerability affecting all versions of the Show Me The Cookies plugin for WordPress up to and including 1.0. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes due to insufficient validation of user-supplied values before the do_shortcode function is called. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability poses a significant risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability without user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or Metasploit/Nuclei modules are available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, which is typical for the vast majority of reported vulnerabilities.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpguru:show_me_the_cookies:1.0:*:*:*:*: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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.