Description
WordPress Plugin ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently modify the settings and take over the blog and its database. WordPress Plugin ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer version 5.8 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.
Remediation
Update to plugin version 6.0 or latest
References
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nd-shortcodes-hacked-exploited/
https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/nd-shortcodes/trunk/readme.txt
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