Simple Posts Ticker < 1.1.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 58Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Simple Posts Ticker WordPress plugin before 1.1.6 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00459 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Simple Posts Ticker (Unknown): 1.1.6
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Simple Posts Ticker | before 1.1.6 | 1.1.6 | Patch available | CNA |
- Simple Posts Ticker VendorUnknown Affected before 1.1.6 Fixed in 1.1.6 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:sayandatta:simple_posts_ticker:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 1.1.6 | Vulnerable | Sayan Datta |
- cpe:2.3:a:sayandatta:simple_posts_ticker:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.1.6 Vulnerable ·Sayan Datta
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Simple Posts Ticker (Unknown) Fixed in 1.1.6
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Simple Posts Ticker 1.1.6
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-04353 Simple Posts Ticker < 1.1.6 - Admin+ Stored XSSPriority MEDIUM 55
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-4646
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-299r-q2gj-44gj
References
More Sayan Datta Simple Posts Ticker vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-04353 Simple Posts Ticker < 1.1.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-4646 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-4646 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-299r-q2gj-44gj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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