Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in ThemeNectar Salient Shortcodes salient-shortcodes allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Salient Shortcodes: from n/a through <= 1.5.4.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00045.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
ThemeNectar Salient Shortcodes unaffected
Version Status Constraints
n/a affected
≤ <= 1.5.4

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Vendor Product Confidence Versions
Themenectar Salient Core — —
Wordpress Wordpress — —

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https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/salient-shortcodes/vulnerability/wordpress-salient-shortcodes-plugin-1-5-4-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Themenectar
Themenectar salient Core
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Vendors & Products Themenectar
Themenectar salient Core
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Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in ThemeNectar Salient Shortcodes salient-shortcodes allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Salient Shortcodes: from n/a through <= 1.5.4.
Title WordPress Salient Shortcodes plugin <= 1.5.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-20T14:28:27.378Z

Reserved: 2025-12-15T10:01:29.282Z

Link: CVE-2025-68079

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Updated: 2025-12-16T15:05:58.971Z

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-16T09:16:02.957

Modified: 2026-01-20T15:19:38.733

Link: CVE-2025-68079

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Updated: 2025-12-16T17:08:50Z

Weaknesses