Vulnerability · Published Mar 29, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-13557Shortcodes by United Themes <= 5.1.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

Medium 6.5

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A medium-severity code injection in Shortcodes by United Themes from United Themes. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Shortcodes by United Themes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.6. 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 products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
United Themes	Shortcodes by United Themes	0 – through 5.1.6

Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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