Vulnerability · Published Oct 4, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-17005Horizontal Scrolling Announcements <= 2.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Style Field

Medium 6.8

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Horizontal scrolling announcements from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Horizontal scrolling announcements	0 – through 2.6

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e3973475-18c4-46a0-b0ca-24e4d2cd58ca/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description