The Magee Shortcodes WordPress plugin through 2.1.1 does not sanitise and escape user input in some of its AJAX actions, which are available to unauthenticated users, before reflecting it back in the response, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
History

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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions magee Shortcodes
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions magee Shortcodes

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-79

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Description The Magee Shortcodes WordPress plugin through 2.1.1 does not sanitise and escape user input in some of its AJAX actions, which are available to unauthenticated users, before reflecting it back in the response, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
Title Magee Shortcodes <= 2.1.1 - Reflected XSS via live_preview and magee_create_shortcode Actions
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-10-07T06:00:06.476Z

Updated: 2026-10-07T09:57:07.854Z

Reserved: 2026-10-05T07:35:09.220Z

Link: CVE-2026-105316

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T09:53:57.640Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-07T07:16:59.403

Modified: 2026-10-07T14:52:43.420

Link: CVE-2026-105316

cve-icon Redhat

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