Simple Posts Ticker – Easy, Lightweight & Flexible

Simple Posts Ticker – Easy, Lightweight & Flexible has 2 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2023; all 2 are fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.4, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10. 2023 was the busiest year with 2 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 2 of the records (100%).

Every one of the 2 issues recorded for Simple Posts Ticker – Easy, Lightweight & Flexible has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

All of these findings were reported by Dmitrii Ignatyev. Simple Posts Ticker – Easy, Lightweight & Flexible 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 6.3.10.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

5.4/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 6.4CVE-2023-4646

Simple Posts Ticker <= 1.1.5 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode

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Vulnerability Records

2 records


2023-09-25 00:00	Simple Posts Ticker <= 1.1.5 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Simple Posts Ticker <= 1.1.5	`CVE-2023-4725`	4.4 Medium	Dmitrii Ignatyev	Yes
2023-09-25 00:00	Simple Posts Ticker <= 1.1.5 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode Simple Posts Ticker <= 1.1.5	`CVE-2023-4646`	6.4 Medium	Dmitrii Ignatyev	Yes

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Latestv1.1.6

Simple Posts Ticker – Easy, Lightweight & Flexible

Author

Sayan Datta

4.5(22)

90/100

Last Updated

2023-09-02 (3y ago)

Active Installs

2,000+

Downloads

23,888

Requires WP

4.6+

Requires PHP

5.6+

Tested up to

WP 6.3.10

Created

2018-12-28 (8y ago)

The Simple Posts Ticker plugin brings a lightweight, flexible and easy way to configure news ticker plugin to WordPress website. This plugin adds scrolling horizontal posts tickers to your site. It can be use as shortcode or PHP codes. You can customize every setting of this plugin in the admin dashboard. Advantages of this plugin Lightweight jQuery. CSS Ticker Animation. Easy to configuration. Multi Post Support. Full RTL Support. Custom Post Types support. Select post by date/modified date or randomly. Select posts by their category. Option to show a label before ticker. Option to customize all and everything. Supports localization. Like Simple Posts Ticker plugin? Consider leaving a 5 star review. Shortcode instructions Using default settings: [spt-posts-ticker] You can use some attributes to override the original settings. Please see plugin settings for detailed shortcode attributes. Compatibility This plugin is fully compatible with WordPress Version 4.6 and beyond and also compatible with any WordPress theme. Support Community support via the support forums at WordPress.org. Contribute Active development of this plugin is handled on GitHub. Feel free to fork the project on GitHub and submit your contributions via pull request.

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