Simple Text Slider

Simple Text Slider has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; 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 Simple Text Slider 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 Kévin Mosbahi (Mika). Simple Text Slider is installed on roughly 20 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 4.6.30.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

6.4/ 10

Patch Coverage0%

Open

Fixed

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Most severe open issueCVSS 6.4CVE-2025-58882

Simple Text Slider <= 1.0.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2025-09-05 00:00	Simple Text Slider <= 1.0.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Simple Text Slider <= 1.0.5	`CVE-2025-58882`	6.4 Medium	Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)	No

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Latestv1.0.5

Simple Text Slider

Author

w1zzard

5.0(2)

100/100

Last Updated

2016-10-31 (10y ago)

Active Installs

20+

Downloads

4,521

Requires WP

3.5+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 4.6.30

Created

2016-08-20 (10y ago)

This plugin adds a simple shortcode to your wordpress installation. With the [simple-text-slider] shortcode you can output multiple vertical text slider with global or individual color and style settings. Demo: https://tom-henneken.de/simple-text-slider-demos/ The animations are implemented with dynamic css animations and therefore very smooth.

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