Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Horizontal Scrolling Announcements Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-17005

6.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Horizontal Scrolling Announcements
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 October 2026

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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2026-17005?

The Horizontal Scrolling Announcements Plugin for WordPress, up to version 2.6, is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This vulnerability arises from insufficient input sanitization and escaping of announcement settings, which are directly outputted into the front-end context. Consequently, authenticated users with access to the announcement management page (such as Contributors) can craft malicious announcements that execute JavaScript code in the browsers of users viewing the announcements. This presents a significant risk, as it can lead to the theft of cookies, session hijacking, and other malicious activities impacting affected users.

Affected Version(s)

Horizontal scrolling announcements 0 <= 2.6

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2026-17005 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e3973475-18c4-46a0-b0ca-...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

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WPScan
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