CVE-2019-15771 — The nd-shortcodes plugin before 6

The nd-shortcodes plugin before 6.0 for WordPress has a nopriv_ AJAX action that allows modification of the siteurl setting.

01What is this vulnerability?

The nd-shortcodes plugin before 6.0 for WordPress has a nopriv_ AJAX action that allows modification of the siteurl setting.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-08-29T12:37:31.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T00:56:22.440Z

09References

• wpvulndb.com — https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9485
• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/nd-shortcodes/#developers
• threatpost.com — https://threatpost.com/wordpress-plugins-exploited-in-ongoing-attack-researchers…