Simple Posts Ticker < 1.1.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 55Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- 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 sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0047 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-2023-04282 Simple Posts Ticker < 1.1.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSSPriority MEDIUM 58
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-4725
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wp7p-cgcx-mwrm
References
More Sayan Datta Simple Posts Ticker vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-04282 Simple Posts Ticker < 1.1.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2023-4725 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-4725 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wp7p-cgcx-mwrm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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