CVE-2024-5946

Squelch Tabs and Accordions Shortcodes <= 0.4.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via tab Shortcode

6.4 Medium

The Squelch Tabs and Accordions Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘tab’ shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.33%Up 0.3 points since Jul 10, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.4

Squelch Tabs and Accordions Shortcodes <= 0.4.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via tab Shortcode

Record: CVE-2024-5946
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-47074 6.4

Record: EUVD-2024-47074
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qmv2-v3x6-hgj4 6.4

The Squelch Tabs and Accordions Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross...

Record: GHSA-qmv2-v3x6-hgj4
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.4

Record: CVE-2024-5946
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

squelch tabs and accordions shortcodes

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-5946 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Squelch Tabs And Accordions Shortcodes, published July 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.