The bug
You can mount entities which are outside of the worldborder.
How to reproduce
Spawn a ridable entity, such as a boat, some blocks away from you
/summon boat ~10 ~ ~
Center the worldborder on you
/worldborder center ~ ~
Set the worldborder size to not contain the ridable entity anymore
/worldborder set 14
Try to mount the entity
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still in 18a, but now you need to set up the track before bringing in the border.

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Confirmed for 1.8.3.

Confirmed for 1.9, you can use boats

Still in 16w15b

Can confirm for 1.14.2.
Something worth noting:
A player can also place a boat right on the block the worldborder is on.
They can then get inside the boat and drive it right through the world border.
This essentially allows any player who is able to build and has a boat, to go through the world border.
Can confirm in 20w48a.
Can confirm in 21w03a.
Can confirm in 21w05b.
Can confirm in 21w06a.
Can confirm in 21w07a. Video attached.
Can confirm in 1.17.1.