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CVE-2024-8481
HIGH · CVSS 7.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2024-09-25T03:15:04.593 · Last modified 2026-06-17T08:22:41.467

Summary

The The Special Text Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.4. This is due to the plugin adding the filter add_filter('comment_text', 'do_shortcode'); which will run all shortcodes in comments. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Affected products

simplelib — special_text_boxes

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References

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