LiveJournal Shortcode

LiveJournal Shortcode has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2024; it remains unpatched as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.4, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for LiveJournal Shortcode has no published fix yet, which makes virtual patching the only reliable mitigation. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2024.

All of these findings were reported by Bob Matyas. LiveJournal Shortcode is installed on roughly 10 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 3.9.40.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

6.4/ 10

Patch Coverage0%

Open

Fixed

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Most severe open issueCVSS 6.4CVE-2024-3773

LiveJournal Shortcode <= 1.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2024-04-15 00:00	LiveJournal Shortcode <= 1.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode LiveJournal Shortcode <= 1.1.1	`CVE-2024-3773`	6.4 Medium	Bob Matyas	No

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Latestv1.1.1

LiveJournal Shortcode

Author

dmonnier

0.0(0)

0/100

Last Updated

2014-04-19 (13y ago)

Active Installs

10+

Downloads

5,047

Requires WP

2.5+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 3.9.40

Created

2013-04-05 (14y ago)

Links to LiveJournals have a very distinctive look: the icon followed by the journal name. This shortcode follows the same format as LiveJournal’s own markup and provides the same results, which you can easily customize with your own CSS styles.

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