CVE-2024-9772

Uix Shortcodes – Compatible with Gutenberg <= 1.9.9 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

The The Uix Shortcodes – Compatible with Gutenberg plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.9. 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

uiuxlab · Uix Shortcodes

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

EPSS

1.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 73rd percentile

Nuclei

high · CWE-94

Published

2024-10-26

Updated

2026-04-08

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-9772.yaml

Security advisories

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3000758d-68e0-46a6-aef0-e2407a8…
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/uix-shortcodes/trunk/shortcodes/templates/defa…
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/uix-shortcodes/#developers

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry