Anchor smooth scroll
Anchor smooth scroll has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; it remains unpatched as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 8.1, and the most serious one scores 8.1 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 1 high.
The most common weakness is PHP Remote File Inclusion, behind 1 of the records (100%).
The one issue recorded for Anchor smooth scroll has no published fix yet, which makes virtual patching the only reliable mitigation. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2025.
All of these findings were reported by LVT-tholv2k. Anchor smooth scroll is installed on roughly 100 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 4.9.31.
CVE-2025-60072Anchor smooth scroll <= 1.0.2 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
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Anchor smooth scroll
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This plugin adds a smooth scroll to the anchors in the WordPress. Features Lightweight and fast, no scroll events Scrolling from/to different pages (scrolling to target id on page load) Offset scrolling by pixels or element css selector Adjustable scrolling animation duration Possibility to add your own anchor links (via css selector) Possibility to override default theme anchor behaviour or engage plugin only on page load Insert anchor button in the TinyMCE editor
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