CVE-2026-80440

Hustle < 7.8.14.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Success Message Placeholders

The Hustle WordPress plugin before 7.8.14.2 does not prevent shortcodes in submitted form values from being executed when it substitutes those values into the message it returns after submission, because the guard it applies can be defeated by nesting, allowing unauthenticated users to run any shortcode registered on the site.

Affected

Hustle

CVSS v3.1 WPSCAN

4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 15th percentile

Published

2026-09-09

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b86b462-e021-4906-bbf3-bf83f89a03ee/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry