CVE-2026-2986
The Contextual Related Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'other_attributes' parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 6.4 Medium
- Status
- Deferred - security@wordfence.com
- Published
- 2026-04-18
- Last modified
- 2026-04-20
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Affected products
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3481684/contextual-related-posts
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f59e069-a953-47b6-8106-55f55df722ed?source=cve
