TI-2023-05311 Aliases CVE-2023-5774 GHSA-4p44-g4xr-286m

Animated Counters <= 1.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

LOW 29CWE-79Published 2023-10-27 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Animated Counters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 1.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00581 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
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
freeben	Animated Counters	up to 1.7	—	No fix listed	CNA

Animated Counters Vendorfreeben Affected up to 1.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:eralion:animated_counters::::::wordpress::*	up to 1.7	Vulnerable	Eralion

cpe:2.3:a:eralion:animated_counters:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 1.7 Vulnerable ·Eralion

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5774
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4p44-g4xr-286m

References

TI-2024-11046 Animated Counters <= 2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4

Sources

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