Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements: known security problems
39 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 39 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 7.5.0 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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This week
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.3.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.3.3
- Fixed in
- 7.3.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.3.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-13362
- Report title
- Freemius <= 2.10.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.4.9)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.4.9
- Fixed in
- 7.5.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.5.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-3885
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via su_box Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.4.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.4.8
- Fixed in
- 7.4.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.4.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-0738
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.8 - authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'su_carousel' Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.4.7)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.4.7
- Fixed in
- 7.4.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.4.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-0737
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'su_lightbox' Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.4.10)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.4.10
- Fixed in
- 7.5.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.5.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-2480
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'max_width' Shortcode Attribute
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone who already has an admin account could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.4.5
- Fixed in
- 7.4.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.4.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-12800
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Server-Side Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with an author account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.4.2
- Fixed in
- 7.4.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.4.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-8015
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Image Title and Slide Link
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.4.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.4.2
- Fixed in
- 7.4.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.4.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-7354
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Plugin Shortcodes
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing (up to and including 7.4.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.4.2
- Fixed in
- 7.4.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.4.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-7369
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.4.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.4.0
- Fixed in
- 7.4.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.4.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-5567
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.4.0 - Authenticted (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-url' Attribute
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.4.2) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.4.2
- Fixed in
- 7.4.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.4.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-5647
- Report title
- Multiple Plugins <= (Various Versions) - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Magnific Popups JavaScript Library
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.3.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.3.5
- Fixed in
- 7.4.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.4.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-49244
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.3.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.3.3
- Fixed in
- 7.3.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.3.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-0370
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.3.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via src Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.2.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.2.2
- Fixed in
- 7.3.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.3.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-8500
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.2.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.1.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.1.6
- Fixed in
- 7.1.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.1.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-4821
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.1.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via su_lightbox Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.1.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.1.5
- Fixed in
- 7.1.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.1.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-4553
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.1.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via su_members Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.1.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.1.2
- Fixed in
- 7.1.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.1.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-3550
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.1.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.1.0
- Fixed in
- 7.1.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.1.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-3548
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via su_lightbox
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.0.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.0.5
- Fixed in
- 7.1.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.1.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-3188
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.0.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.0.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.0.4
- Fixed in
- 7.0.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.0.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-2583
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.0.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'note_color' Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.0.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.0.3
- Fixed in
- 7.0.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.0.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1808
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.0.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via su_qrcode Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.0.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.0.2
- Fixed in
- 7.0.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.0.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1510
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via su_tooltip Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.0.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.0.1
- Fixed in
- 7.0.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.0.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-0792
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.0.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.0.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.0.0
- Fixed in
- 7.0.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.0.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-6488
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 7.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 5.13.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.13.3
- Fixed in
- 7.0.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.0.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-6226
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.13.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Information Disclosure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.13.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.13.3
- Fixed in
- 7.0.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 7.0.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-6225
- Report title
- WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.13.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (from 5.12.5 up to and including 5.13.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 5.12.5 up to and including 5.13.0
- Fixed in
- 5.13.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 5.13.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-33999
- Report title
- Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site (up to and including 5.12.7)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.12.7
- Fixed in
- 5.12.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 5.12.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-0911
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.12.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site (up to and including 5.12.7) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.12.7
- Fixed in
- 5.12.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 5.12.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-0890
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.12.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Access via Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.12.6
- Fixed in
- 5.12.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 5.12.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-25050
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.12.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read via Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.12.6
- Fixed in
- 5.12.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 5.12.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-23800
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.12.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.12.6
- Fixed in
- 5.12.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 5.12.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-25040
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.12.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.12.0
- Fixed in
- 5.12.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 5.12.1 or newer.
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.12.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing (up to and including 5.12.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.12.0
- Fixed in
- 5.12.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 5.12.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-41136
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.12.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing (up to and including 5.12.0) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.12.0
- Fixed in
- 5.12.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 5.12.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-38086
- Report title
- Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.12.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 5.10.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 5.10.2
- Fixed in
- 5.10.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 5.10.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24525
- Report title
- WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.10.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could run their own code on your site and take it over
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 5.0.1
- Fixed in
- 5.0.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 5.0.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2017-18580
- Report title
- WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 5.0.0 - Authenticated Remote Code Execution
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could use it to harm your site (before 4.10.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 4.10.0
- Fixed in
- 4.10.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 4.10.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2017-2245
- Report title
- WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate < 4.10.0 - Directory Traversal
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.9.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.9.3
- Fixed in
- 4.9.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements to version 4.9.4 or newer.
- Report title
- WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate <= 4.9.3 - Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
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