CVE-2023-0890: Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate WordPress plugin before 5.12.8 does not ensure that posts to be displayed via some shortcodes are already public and can be accessed by the user making the request, allowing any authenticated users such as subscriber to view draft, private or even password protected posts. It is also possible to leak the password of protected posts

Affected products

• Getshortcodes Shortcodes Ultimate: before 5.12.8 (fixed in 5.12.8)

Published 2023-03-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.