Known vulnerabilities in Word Balloon

Support for Block editor(Gutenberg) & Classic Editor.You will easy to add speech balloon in your post.

3Reported vulnerabilities

8.8Highest CVSS score

4.23.1Latest version

10,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Word Balloon to 4.22.0 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: May 23, 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-2023-5884	Medium 6.5	0.3%	Before 4.20.3	`4.20.3`	December 4, 2023
CVE-2022-4751	Medium 5.4	0.5%	Before 4.19.3	`4.19.3`	January 23, 2023
CVE-2024-35781	High 8.8	0.5%	4.21.1 and earlier	`4.22.0`	June 19, 2024

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