Horizontal Scrolling Announcements <= 2.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Style Field
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Horizontal scrolling announcements WordPress plugin through 2.6 does not sanitise and escape one of its announcement settings before outputting it into an attribute context on the front end, allowing users granted access to the announcement management page (Contributor and above, once permitted) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the browser of anyone viewing the announcement.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 | Horizontal scrolling announcements | up to 2.6 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Horizontal scrolling announcements VendorUnknown Affected up to 2.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-04 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-17005
- 2026-10-04 Alias added: GHSA-6g7j-p76q-h89g
- 2026-10-05 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-05 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-17005 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-17005 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6g7j-p76q-h89g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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