High severity · published Mar 11, 2025
CVE-2025-2169
WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher Professional <= 1.2.0.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
7.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The The WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher Professional plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.0.4. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WW
WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher Professional · realmag777
through 1.2.0.4 · source: vendor
Affected product
WW
WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher Professional
realmag777
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2169
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2169
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/currency-switcher/trunk/index.php#L1920
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3249625%40currency-switcher&new=3249625%40currency-switcher&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3253183%40currency-switcher&new=3253183%40currency-switcher&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bbb24ae0-41d6-4d8f-917c-dfd058a7a49d?source=cve
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