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CVE-2023-5001: The Horizontal scrolling announcement plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'horizontal-scrolling' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 9.2 due to insufficient i

medium Affects horizontal-scrolling-announcement (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Horizontal scrolling announcement plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'horizontal-scrolling' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 9.2 due to insufficient i

Package
horizontal-scrolling-announcement (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=9.2
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (33.0th percentile)
Published
2023-09-16
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordhorizontal-scrolling-announcement (WordPress plugin) advisories

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