The Horizontal scrolling announcements WordPress plugin through 2.6 does not sanitise and escape one of its announcement settings before outputting it into an attribute context on the front end, allowing users granted access to the announcement management page (Contributor and above, once permitted) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the browser of anyone viewing the announcement.
CVE-2026-17005
UNRATEDCVSS · not yet scoredTrending — 4 sources updated this week
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EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS v2: —Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed
No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.
- CVSS v3
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- EchelonGraph score
- Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
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- EG Risk
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- EPSS PROB
- 0.2%
- EPSS %ILE
- 3rd
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 4, 2026
Last Modified
October 4, 2026
References (1)
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-17005(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 4× in last 7d / 4× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-04 07:19 UTCNVD update
- 2026-10-04 06:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-04 06:44 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
Frequently asked(4)
What is CVE-2026-17005?
CVE-2026-17005 is a publicly disclosed vulnerability published on October 4, 2026. The Horizontal scrolling announcements WordPress plugin through 2.6 does not sanitise and escape one of its announcement settings before outputting it into an attribute context on the front end, allowing users granted access to the announcement management page (Contributor and above, once…
When was CVE-2026-17005 disclosed?
CVE-2026-17005 was first published on October 4, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-17005 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-17005 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (3rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-17005?
No fix for CVE-2026-17005 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-17005 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.
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