Rescue Shortcodes

Rescue Shortcodes has 5 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2023 and 2026; all 5 are fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.4, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10. 2024 was the busiest year with 2 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 5 of the records (100%).

Every one of the 5 issues recorded for Rescue Shortcodes has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

4 independent researchers contributed these findings, most of them (2) reported by Peter Thaleikis. Rescue Shortcodes is installed on roughly 1,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium
6.4/ 10
Patch Coverage100%
Open

0

Fixed

5

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 6.4CVE-2025-62110

Rescue Shortcodes <= 3.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

5 records
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Latestv3.4

Rescue Shortcodes

Rescue Themes

Author

Rescue Themes

5.0(2)
100/100
Last Updated
2025-12-19 (9mo ago)
Active Installs
1,000+
Downloads
67,664
Requires WP
4.0+
Requires PHP
0+
Tested up to
WP 6.8.8
Created
2015-04-01 (12y ago)

When activated, this plugin will add a button to the WordPress text editor to easily insert shortcodes to your posts or pages. Included shortcodes: Button – With many options including unlimited colors and Icons. Content Toggle – Maybe for an awesome FAQ page. Tabbed Content – Create tabbed sections for your content. Font Awesome Icons – 500+ icons and counting. Animations – Wrap anything with the animation shortcode and watch it come alive. Notification Box – Have certain sections of text stand out by creating notices or alerts. Text Highlight – Quickly highlight sections of text to help more important words stand out. Columns – Separate your content with multiple column options. Spacing – Add space between sections on the fly. Progress Bar – Display a sliding progress notification bar License Info Font Awesome – ​http://fontawesome.io Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, CSS: MIT License – http://fontawesome.io/license Copyright: @davegandy Wow.js – ​https://github.com/matthieua/WOW MIT License – https://github.com/matthieua/WOW/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT Copyright: @mattaussaguel animate.css – ​https://github.com/daneden/animate.css MIT License – https://github.com/daneden/animate.css#license Copyright: @_dte Waypoints – https://github.com/imakewebthings/waypoints MIT License – https://github.com/imakewebthings/waypoints/blob/master/licenses.txt Copyright: @foodgoesinmouth

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