Animated Headline
Animated Headline has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2024; it remains unpatched as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.4, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10.
The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).
The one issue recorded for Animated Headline has no published fix yet, which makes virtual patching the only reliable mitigation. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2024.
All of these findings were reported by Tien Luong. Animated Headline is installed on roughly 2,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
CVE-2024-2304Animated Headline <= 4.0 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
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Animated Headline
Author
Anshul Gangrade
Animated Headline is a lightweight and simple plugin for creating animated heading text. Keep your visitors engaged with 10 different smooth animation effects! New in Version 5.0: Full Page Builder Support! You can now add Animated Headlines easily using your favorite page builders without writing shortcodes: * Gutenberg Block – Native block with live preview in the WordPress editor. * Elementor Widget – Custom widget with full settings right inside Elementor. * WPBakery Element – Fully integrated into the WPBakery Page Builder. Shortcode Example: [animated-headline title=”Hello my friend” animated_text=”Anshul,Rahul,Niya” animation=”clip” delay=”2500″ speed=”600″ tag=”h2″] Available Animation Effects: * rotate-1 * rotate-2 * rotate-3 * type * scale * loading-bar * slide * clip * zoom * push Shortcode Parameters: * title: Static text before the animation. * animated_text: Comma-separated list of words to animate. * animation: The animation effect (see list above). * delay: (Optional) Time between word changes in milliseconds (default: 2500). * speed: (Optional) Animation transition speed in milliseconds (default: 600). * tag: (Optional) HTML tag for the headline e.g., h1, h2, h3, div (default: h1). Performance Optimized: CSS and JS assets are loaded conditionally! The plugin will only load its scripts on pages where the Animated Headline shortcode or block is actually used, ensuring your website stays lightning fast. Need help generating a shortcode? Visit Settings > Animated Headline in your WordPress admin area to use the Live Shortcode Generator!
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