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title: "CVE-2026-116613: Animated Text Block WordPress Plugin - Broken Access Control"
description: "Animated Text Block WordPress plugin <= 1.2.6 contains a sensitive information exposure caused by lack of capability checks in atb_shortcode_handler() for 'animated-text' shortcode, letting authenticated contributors read rendered content of any published post including non-public custom post types."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-116613/
---

# CVE-2026-116613 Animated Text Block WordPress Plugin - Broken Access Control

Animated Text Block WordPress plugin <= 1.2.6 contains a sensitive information exposure caused by lack of capability checks in atb\_shortcode\_handler() for 'animated-text' shortcode, letting authenticated contributors read rendered content of any published post including non-public custom post types.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.28% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116613)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Published

28 October 2026

Updated

29 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-862](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version beyond 1.2.6.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116613](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116613)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/animated-text-block/tags/1.2.6/plugin.php#L132](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/animated-text-block/tags/1.2.6/plugin.php#L132)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/animated-text-block/tags/1.2.6/plugin.php#L142](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/animated-text-block/tags/1.2.6/plugin.php#L142)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/animated-text-block/tags/1.2.6/plugin.php#L163](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/animated-text-block/tags/1.2.6/plugin.php#L163)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3767751%40animated-text-block&new=3767751%40animated-text-block](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3767751%40animated-text-block&new=3767751%40animated-text-block)
- [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7163be31-8f55-45ba-8364-e84a3e636d5b?source=cve](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7163be31-8f55-45ba-8364-e84a3e636d5b?source=cve)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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