{"id":"CVE-2026-8701","aliases":["EUVD-2026-32066","GHSA-qmwf-2v6g-8m26"],"status":"published","title":"GNTT Post Title Ticker \u003c= 1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes","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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00187,"percentile":0.0839,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-05-27T05:31:23Z","modified":"2026-06-17T11:04:18Z","products":[{"vendor":"golzarrahman","product":"gntt post title ticker"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/37f8eced-905c-4623-b382-055561fd25a0?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gntt-post-title-ticker/trunk/gntt-post-title-ticker.php#L56"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gntt-post-title-ticker/trunk/gntt-post-title-ticker.php#L29"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8701"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qmwf-2v6g-8m26"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-8701","title":"GNTT Post Title Ticker \u003c= 1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes","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. 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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.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-27T05:31:23.128Z","modified":"2026-05-27T10:37:43.456Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:48:13.398044Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-32066","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. 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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.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-27T05:31:23Z","modified":"2026-05-27T10:37:43Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:21:06.054612Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-qmwf-2v6g-8m26","title":"The GNTT Post Title Ticker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in...","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. 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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.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-27T09:31:12Z","modified":"2026-05-27T09:31:20Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:08:19.474205Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-8701","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-27T07:16:14.303Z","modified":"2026-06-17T11:04:18.357Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:20.511562Z"}]}}