Responsive Plus < 3.4.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

The Responsive Plus WordPress plugin before 3.4.3 is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution due to the software allowing unauthenticated users to execute the update_responsive_woo_free_shipping_left_shortcode AJAX action that does not properly validate the content_rech_data parameter before processing it as a shortcode.

Problem type

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Affected products

Unknown

Responsive Plus

< 3.4.3 - AFFECTED

References

wpscan.com

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/80ce0f88-3065-48c4-a491-b70e067ce4d7/

exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

JSON source

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2025-15488

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