Description

WordPress Plugin Shortcoder-Create Shortcodes for Anything is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently call an AJAX action. WordPress Plugin Shortcoder-Create Shortcodes for Anything version 6.3 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 6.3.1 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/shortcoder/shortcoder-631-missing-authorization

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/shortcoder/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2023-49849 CWE-862 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass