Plugins · animated-typing-effect · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Typing Effect safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 1.3.7
- Last updated
- 2023-10-26
- Active installs
- 10,000+
- Known issues on record
- 2
- Unpatched in latest
- 1
- Tested up to WP
- 6.3.14
Create an animated typing effect that allows words to be 'typed out' on to a post or page. — by 93digital
What to do
- There is no fixed version yet. If you can live without Typing Effect for now, deactivate it and delete it until the developer ships a fix.
- If you must keep it, limit who can log in (remove unused accounts, especially low-level ones) and put a web application firewall in front of the site.
- Watch for an update: get an email when this page changes.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan, or have us clean it: Emergency Cleanup, $499.
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Known vulnerabilities
2 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 6.5 affects latest 1.3.7 CVE-2026-66644 · published 2026-08-18
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Typing Effect (1.3.7 and older)
- Affected
- 1.3.7 and older
- Fixed in
- no fix listed yet
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Contributor Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Typing Effect <= 1.3.7 versions.
medium 5.4 CVE-2023-40605 · published 2023-09-27
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Typing Effect (1.3.6 and older)
- Affected
- 1.3.6 and older
- Fixed in
- unknown
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Auth. (contributor) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 93digital Typing Effect plugin <= 1.3.6 versions.
Recent activity
- 2023-10-26 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.3.7).
- 2026-08-18 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-66644), no fix listed yet.
- 2023-09-27 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2023-40605), fix version not stated.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (2)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/animated-typing-effect (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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