Vulnerability · Published Apr 10, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-2809azurecurve Shortcodes in Comments <= 2.0.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
High 7.3
In plain English
A high-severity code injection in azurecurve Shortcodes in Comments from azurecurve. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The azurecurve Shortcodes in Comments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| azurecurve | azurecurve Shortcodes in Comments | 0 – through 2.0.2 |
Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22cc6da1-fd22-4b2a-90ab-24086879f0f6?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/azurecurve-shortcodes-in-comments/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/azurecurve-shortcodes-in-comments/trunk/azurecurve-shortcodes-in-comments.php#L35