CVE-2025-2809: azurecurve Shortcodes in Comments <= 2.0.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
7.3
CVSS
Description
The azurecurve Shortcodes in Comments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2. 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-2025-2809
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
Affected Products
Vendor: azurecurve
Product: azurecurve Shortcodes in Comments
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.2% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 42.2% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2809https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22cc6da1-fd22-4b2a-90ab-24086879f0f6?source=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/azurecurve-shortcodes-in-comments/#developers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/azurecurve-shortcodes-in-comments/trunk/azurecurve-shortcodes-in-comments.php#L35