Known vulnerabilities in Hover Effects – easily create any hover effect

Hover Effect is easily applied to your own elements, modified or just used for inspiration.

2Reported vulnerabilities

7.2Highest CVSS score

2.1.3Latest version

7,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Hover Effects – easily create any hover effect to 2.1.3 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: May 20, 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-2022-29447	High 7.2	1.0%	2.1 and earlier	`2.1.1`	May 20, 2022
CVE-2025-53258	Medium 4.9	0.4%	2.1.2 and earlier	`2.1.3`	June 27, 2025

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