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Word Balloon vulnerabilities
Word Balloon has 2 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 4 Dec 2023.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 2
- Active installs
- 10,000+
- Latest version
- 4.23.2
- Last updated
- 22 Aug 2026
- Most recent
- 4 Dec 2023
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) CVE-2023-5884 | Medium 6.5 | Before 4.20.3 | Fixed in 4.20.3 | 4 Dec 2023 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2022-4751 | Medium 5.4 | Before 4.19.3 | Fixed in 4.19.3 | 23 Jan 2023 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2023-5884, 4 Dec 2023
- The Word Balloon WordPress plugin before 4.20.3 does not protect some of its actions against CSRF attacks, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to trick a logged in user to delete arbitrary avatars by clicking a link. CVE record
- CVE-2022-4751, 23 Jan 2023
- The Word Balloon WordPress plugin before 4.19.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins. CVE record
What to do if you run Word Balloon
If you run Word Balloon, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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