CVE-2023-23800 - CVE House

Status published High CVE-2023-23800

WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin <= 5.12.6 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

7.1 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Vova Anokhin WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate.This issue affects WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate: from n/a through 5.12.6.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Rafie Muhammad (Patchstack)

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/shortcodes-ultimate/wordpress-shortcodes-ultimate-plugin-5-12-6-server-side-request-forgery-ssrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate

Vulnerable Versions:

Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: November 13th, 2023

Last Modified: April 28th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-918

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

Initial Access

T1213 Data from Information Repositories

Collection

T1005 Data from Local System