WF-4f32d1fe-17ea-48c0-b276-36c8fcaad4a6-related-posts-for-wp

Related Posts for WordPress < 1.8.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

6.1

CVSS Score

6.1

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

1.8.2

Patched in

3200d

Time to patch

Description

The Related Posts for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, not including, 1.8.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. The same vulnerability exists in Related Posts Premium up to, not including, 1.3.4. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<1.8.2

PublishedApril 20, 2015

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginrelated-posts-for-wp

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f32d1fe-17ea-48c0-b276-36c8fcaad4a6?source=api-prod

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