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CVE-2023-5001

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
September 16, 2023
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

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 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.

Affected WordPress components

  • horizontal-scrolling-announcement Plugin · horizontal-scrolling-announcement
    Confirmed match Homeless
    Up to and including 9.2
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • gopiplus Horizontal scrolling announcement — Up to and including 9.2
  • gopiplus horizontal_scrolling_announcement — Up to and including 9.2

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/horizontal-scrolling-announcement/trunk/horizontal-scrolling-announcement.php#L389 Patch
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4f60e8c-2745-4930-9101-914bd73c6e1c?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record