CVE-2024-9846

Published: Oct 30, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.4

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

The The Enable Shortcodes inside Widgets,Comments and Experts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Affected (1)

Products: Aftabhusain: Enable Shortcodes Inside Widgets,comments And Experts

1 product

Enable Shortcodes Inside Widgets,comments And Experts

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Aftabhusain Enable Shortcodes Inside Widgets,comments And Experts	Up to 1.0.0

Related CWEs

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

References (3)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-shortcodes-inside-widgetscomments-and-experts/trunk/enable-shortcodes-inside-widgets-comments-experts.php#L19

Source: security@wordfence.com

Product

https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-shortcodes-inside-widgetscomments-and-experts/#developers

Source: security@wordfence.com

Product

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1ac2544-f96b-4859-96de-795753a94264?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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