CVE-2024-2444: Inline Related Posts < 3.5.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-04-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Inline Related Posts WordPress plugin before 3.5.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as Admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Affected products

Inline Related Posts: before 3.5.0 — fixed in 3.5.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Inline Related Posts 3.5.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/214e5fd7-8684-418a-b67d-60b1dcf11a48/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/214e5fd7-8684-418a-b67d-60b1dcf11a48/

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