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CVE-2024-8481: The The Special Text Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.4. This is due to the plugin adding the filter add_filter('comm

high Affects special-text-boxes (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The The Special Text Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.4. This is due to the plugin adding the filter add_filter('comm

Package
special-text-boxes (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=6.2.2
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
high  CVSS 7.3
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (51.0th percentile)
Published
2024-09-25
Source
nvd

References

CWE-94
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