CVE-2026-17005
validatedZero produced an exploit or a check.GHSA-6g7j-p76q-h89g ↗EUVD-2026-92071 ↗
description
Horizontal scrolling announcements for WordPress through 2.6 is affected by stored cross-site scripting in an announcement setting. An authorized user with access to announcement management can cause script to run in the browser of people who view the affected announcement.
mitigation
Restrict access to announcement management to fully trusted administrators and remove or review untrusted announcements. Until a vendor fix is available, disable the plugin or its public announcement output where this access cannot be controlled.
outcome
Contextual check: a technique exists and was validated, but no deterministic check could cover this one.
source signals
Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.
- 2026-10-04 06:00Zghsa: trigger signal, started the run
- 2026-10-04 06:00Zcve.org record for CVE-2026-17005
this entry in the feed
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published 2026-10-05 00:42Z
last change 2026-10-21 04:45Z
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