Description
WordPress Plugin Similar Posts-Best Related Posts for WordPress is prone to a remote code execution vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input. Successful exploitation may allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running the application, to compromise the application or the underlying database, to access or modify data or to compromise a vulnerable system. WordPress Plugin Similar Posts-Best Related Posts for WordPress version 3.1.5 is vulnerable; prior versions are also affected.
Remediation
Update to plugin version 3.1.6 or latest
References
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