Known vulnerabilities in News Announcement Scroll

News Announcement Scroll is a simple vertical scroll news widget for your WordPress website. Easy to use & no coding knowledge required.

2Reported vulnerabilities

8.8Highest CVSS score

9.1.0Latest version

2,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update News Announcement Scroll to 9.1.0 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: November 2, 2023 / Tested up to WordPress: 5.5.20 / 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-2023-5663	High 8.8	0.8%	Before 9.1.0	`9.1.0`	March 13, 2024
CVE-2022-40694	Medium 4.8	0.4%	8.8.8 and earlier	`9.0.0`	November 17, 2022

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