Known vulnerabilities in Special Text Boxes

Highlights any portion of text as text in the colored boxes.

3Reported vulnerabilities

7.3Highest CVSS score

6.5.1Latest version

2,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Special Text Boxes to 6.2.5 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: June 30, 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-2021-24485	Medium 4.8	0.6%	Before 5.9.110	`5.9.110`	October 25, 2021
CVE-2024-8481	High 7.3	0.6%	6.2.4 and earlier	`6.2.5`	September 24, 2024
WF-8ad239d3-c761-4c78-903d-119133fcb79b	Medium 6.1	—	5.9.110 and earlier	`6.0.0`	June 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.