CVE-2025-2803: So-Called Air Quotes <= 0.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

7.3 CVSS

Description

The So-Called Air Quotes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 0.1. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-2803

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.3

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Problem Types

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Affected Products

Vendor: davemacd

Product: So-Called Air Quotes

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.2% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 42.1% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-20 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2803
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/83f2ceee-4422-4ed5-adc7-91bc022ae42d?source=cve
https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/so-called-air-quotes/trunk/airquote.php
https://wordpress.org/plugins/so-called-air-quotes/#developers

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