CVE-2026-17005 (GCVE-0-2026-17005)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-04 06:00 – Updated: 2026-10-04 06:00
VLAI
Title
Horizontal Scrolling Announcements <= 2.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Style Field
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e3973475-18c4-46… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Horizontal scrolling announcements Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.6 (semver)
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Credits
testoun WPScan
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