WordPress Widgets Shortcode

WordPress Widgets Shortcode has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; 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 WordPress Widgets Shortcode has no published fix yet, which makes virtual patching the only reliable mitigation. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2025.

All of these findings were reported by Muhammad Yudha - DJ. WordPress Widgets Shortcode is installed on roughly 500 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 4.7.35.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium
6.4/ 10
Patch Coverage0%
Open

1

Fixed

0

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Most severe open issueCVSS 6.4CVE-2025-57989

WordPress Widgets Shortcode <= 1.0.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

1 records
Plugin Profile
Latestv1.0.3

WordPress Widgets Shortcode

Brajesh Singh

Author

Brajesh Singh

4.5(8)
90/100
Last Updated
2016-05-14 (11y ago)
Active Installs
500+
Downloads
17,577
Requires WP
3.5+
Requires PHP
0+
Tested up to
WP 4.7.35
Created
2013-06-22 (13y ago)

The plugin allows you to embed any WordPress Widget area/Dynamic Sidebar to your WordPress posts What you can do: Use the shortcode to embed widget areas in posts Use the shortcode to embed Widget areas in Pages The widgets can be embedded anywhere, at the begining of content, middle, bottom or where ever you want. Just put the shortcode there. Please leave a comment here at BuddyDev.com Others For more info, please visit us at BuddyDev.com

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