Plugins · forget-about-shortcode-buttons · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Forget About Shortcode Buttons safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 2.1.3
- Last updated
- 2024-11-04
- Active installs
- 20,000+
- Known issues on record
- 3
- Unpatched in latest
- 1
- Tested up to WP
- 6.7.11
A visual way to add CSS buttons in the rich text editor and to your themes. — by Code Amp
What to do
- There is no fixed version yet. If you can live without Forget About Shortcode Buttons for now, deactivate it and delete it until the developer ships a fix.
- If you must keep it, limit who can log in (remove unused accounts, especially low-level ones) and put a web application firewall in front of the site.
- Watch for an update: get an email when this page changes.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan, or have us clean it: Emergency Cleanup, $499.
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Known vulnerabilities
3 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 5.4 affects latest 2.1.3 CVE-2025-63041 · published 2026-06-26
Missing authorization check in Forget About Shortcode Buttons (2.1.3 and older)
- Affected
- 2.1.3 and older
- Fixed in
- no fix listed yet
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Contributor Broken Access Control in Forget About Shortcode Buttons <= 2.1.3 versions.
high 8.8 CVE-2023-32579 · published 2023-11-09
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Forget About Shortcode Buttons (2.1.2 and older)
- Affected
- 2.1.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.1.3
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Designs & Code Forget About Shortcode Buttons plugin <= 2.1.2 versions.
medium 6.1 CVE-2016-1000133 · published 2016-10-10
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Forget About Shortcode Buttons (1.1.1 and older)
- Affected
- 1.1.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.1.2 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- NVD analysis · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Reflected XSS in wordpress plugin forget-about-shortcode-buttons v1.1.1
NVD CVE-2016-1000133wordpress.orgsecurityfocus.comvapidlabs.com
Recent activity
- 2024-11-04 — latest release on wordpress.org (2.1.3).
- 2026-06-26 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2025-63041), no fix listed yet.
- 2023-11-09 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) disclosed (CVE-2023-32579), fixed in 2.1.3.
- 2016-10-10 — Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2016-1000133), fixed in 1.1.2.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by Code Amp (2 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Missing authorization (1) · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1) · Cross-site scripting (XSS) (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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