Known vulnerabilities in Advanced Excerpt

Control the appearance of WordPress post excerpts

1Reported vulnerabilities

4.4Highest CVSS score

4.5Latest version

80,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Advanced Excerpt to 4.5 or later. 1 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 1, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2026-13701	Medium 4.4	0.2%	4.4 and earlier	`4.5`	August 6, 2026

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.