CVE-2026-116613

high

Description

The Animated Text Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 1.2.6 via the 'animated-text' shortcode. This is due to the atb_shortcode_handler() function fetching an arbitrary post by attacker-supplied ID and, in the 'publish' branch, calling displayContent() with no capability check and no validation that the post's post_type is the plugin's own CPT or is otherwise viewable (is_post_type_viewable()). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the rendered block content of any published post, including posts of non-public custom post types (public=false, show_in_rest=false) that WordPress would otherwise hide from direct URLs and the REST API.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7163be31-8f55-45ba-8364-e84a3e636d5b?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3767751%40animated-text-block&new=3767751%40animated-text-block

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/animated-text-block/tags/1.2.6/plugin.php#L163

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/animated-text-block/tags/1.2.6/plugin.php#L142

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/animated-text-block/tags/1.2.6/plugin.php#L132

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-111575

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-28

Updated: 2026-10-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High