Known vulnerabilities in Enhanced Text Widget

An enhanced version of the text widget that supports Text, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, Shortcodes and PHP with linkable widget title.

3Reported vulnerabilities

6.5Highest CVSS score

1.6.7Latest version

30,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Enhanced Text Widget to 1.6.6 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: July 17, 2024 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.6.7 / View on wordpress.org

This plugin has not been updated in over two years. New vulnerabilities may never be fixed. Consider an alternative.

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-2024-0559	Medium 6.5	0.5%	Before 1.6.6	`1.6.6`	March 11, 2024
CVE-2023-49192	Medium 5.3	0.5%	1.6.3 and earlier	`1.6.4`	December 1, 2023
CVE-2023-23823	Medium 4.3	0.5%	1.5.8 and earlier	`1.5.9`	June 30, 2023

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