cleantalk
Vulnerabilities and Security Researches

Timeline Block, CVE-2026-1228

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2026-1228

Application

Timeline Block

Published on
Feb 06, 2026
Research Description
The Timeline Block – Beautiful Timeline Builder for WordPress (Vertical & Horizontal Timelines) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.3 via the tlgb_shortcode() function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to disclose private timeline content via the id attribute supplied to the 'timeline_block' shortcode.
Affected versions
max 1.3.4.
Status
vulnerable