WordPress plugin · magee-shortcodes
Is Magee Shortcodes safe?
Closed. Replace it.
wordpress.org closed it on Sep 12, 2023 (security issue), so it gets no more security fixes, and 3 flaws are on record. If your site runs it, move to a maintained alternative.
- Flaws on record
- 3
- High or critical
- 1
- Exploited
- none
Every recorded flaw
- Oct 7, 2026Magee Shortcodes: Does not restrict the recipient of some of its unauthenticated contact-form actionsCVE-2026-105322 · affects up to 2.1.1 · reported by WPScanMedium 5.3
- Oct 7, 2026Magee Shortcodes: Does not sanitise and escape user input in some of its AJAX actionsCVE-2026-105316 · affects up to 2.1.1 · reported by WPScanHigh 7.1
- Oct 16, 2023Magee Shortcodes: Does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embedCVE-2023-4783 · affects up to 2.1.1 · reported by WPScanMedium 5.4
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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