WP Vulnerability WatchVulnerability data as of September 7, 2026

Known vulnerabilities in Shortcoder — Create Shortcodes for Anything

Create custom "Shortcodes" easily for HTML, JavaScript, CSS code snippets and use the shortcodes within posts, pages & widgets

2Reported vulnerabilities
6.4Highest CVSS score
6.5.4Latest version
100,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Shortcoder — Create Shortcodes for Anything to 6.5.2 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 1, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVESeverityExploit probability
next 30 days		 Affected versionsFixed inPublished
CVE-2026-27074 Medium 6.4 0.1% 6.5.1 and earlier 6.5.2 January 9, 2026
CVE-2023-49849 Medium 5.3 0.4% 6.3 and earlier 6.3.1 December 6, 2023

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.