CVE-2026-8701
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in GNTT Post Title Ticker WordPress Plugin
Publication date: 2026-05-27
Last updated on: 2026-05-27
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| gntt | post_title_ticker | 1.0 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-79 | The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
The GNTT Post Title Ticker plugin for WordPress version 1.0 has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This occurs because certain shortcode attributes such as border, width, height, header_background, header_text_color, and id are not properly sanitized or escaped before being included in the HTML output. Specifically, the functions handling these shortcodes do not use escaping functions like esc_attr(), allowing authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts. These scripts then execute whenever any user views the affected page.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can allow attackers with contributor-level access to inject arbitrary malicious scripts into pages. When other users visit these pages, the injected scripts execute in their browsers, potentially leading to theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions. Because the vulnerability requires only low-level authenticated access, it increases the risk of exploitation within a site.