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CVE-2015-9361

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-08-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Related Posts plugin before 1.8.2 for WordPress has XSS via add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg().

Affected products

• Related Posts for WordPress: before 1.8.2 — fixed in 1.8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Related Posts for WordPress 1.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/04/security-advisory-xss-vulnerability-affecting-multiple-wordpress-plugins.html
• https://www.barrykooij.com/several-security-updates-released/
• https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/04/security-advisory-xss-vulnerability-affecting-multiple-wordpress-plugins.html
• https://www.barrykooij.com/several-security-updates-released/

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