WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress < 4.15.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Dynamic Content Tag

Description

The plugin does not prevent request-derived values in its dynamic content tags from being processed as shortcodes when a form is embedded with its block, allowing unauthenticated visitors to execute arbitrary registered shortcodes with attacker-chosen attributes. This requires the site owner to have added a request-derived tag to the form content and to embed the form with the block rather than the classic shortcode.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.15.0

References

Classification

Type
INJECTION
OWASP top 10

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Jakub Herman
Submitter
Jakub Herman
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-11-04 (about 3 days ago)
Added
2026-11-04 (about 2 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-11-04 (about 2 days ago)

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