CVE-2026-116613 (GCVE-0-2026-116613)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-28 03:42 – Updated: 2026-10-28 03:42
VLAI
Title
Animated Text Block <= 1.2.6 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via 'id' Shortcode Attribute
Summary
The Animated Text Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 1.2.6 via the 'animated-text' shortcode. This is due to the atb_shortcode_handler() function fetching an arbitrary post by attacker-supplied ID and, in the 'publish' branch, calling displayContent() with no capability check and no validation that the post's post_type is the plugin's own CPT or is otherwise viewable (is_post_type_viewable()). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the rendered block content of any published post, including posts of non-public custom post types (public=false, show_in_rest=false) that WordPress would otherwise hide from direct URLs and the REST API.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2306 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
bplugins Animated Text Block – Add Typing and Looping Text Effects Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.2.6 (semver)
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Credits
Wordfence PRISM
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