Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-8701GNTT Post Title Ticker <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in GNTT Post Title Ticker from golzarrahman. 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 8% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The GNTT Post Title Ticker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in version 1.0 via the `title-ticker-slide`, `title-ticker-fade`, and `title-ticker-typing` shortcodes. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on shortcode attributes (notably `border`, `width`, `height`, `header_background`, `header_text_color`, and `id`) within the `gntt_title_ticker_slide()`, `gntt_title_ticker_fade()`, and `gntt_title_ticker_typing()` functions. None of these attribute values are passed through `esc_attr()` or any other escaping function before being concatenated into HTML output. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| golzarrahman | GNTT Post Title Ticker | 0 – through 1.0 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/37f8eced-905c-4623-b382-055561fd25a0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gntt-post-title-ticker/trunk/gntt-post-title-ticker.php#L56
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gntt-post-title-ticker/trunk/gntt-post-title-ticker.php#L29