Description

WordPress Plugin Related Posts for WordPress is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. WordPress Plugin Related Posts for WordPress version 2.0.3 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.0.4 or latest

References

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:7593D5C8-CBC2-4469-B36B-5D4FB6D49718

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/related-posts-for-wp/trunk/readme.txt

Related Vulnerabilities

Drupal Other Vulnerability (CVE-2015-3233)

Moodle Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability (CVE-2011-4133)

Plone CMS Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') Vulnerability (CVE-2012-5485)

Atlassian Jira Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6285)

WordPress Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2019-16218)

Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-24180 CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update XSS