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CVE-2021-24482: Related Posts for WordPress <= 2.0.4 - Authenticated Stored XSS & XFS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-07-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Related Posts for WordPress plugin through 2.0.4 does not sanitise its heading_text and CSS settings, allowing high privilege users (admin) to set XSS payloads in them, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Affected products

• Related Posts for WordPress: through 2.0.4

References

• https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-18%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Related-Posts-for-WordPress-WordPress-Plugin-v2.0.4.txt
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f86e418-22fd-4cb8-8de1-062b17cf20a7
• https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-18%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Related-Posts-for-WordPress-WordPress-Plugin-v2.0.4.txt
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f86e418-22fd-4cb8-8de1-062b17cf20a7

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