WordPress CVEs

Description

The Related Posts, Inline Related Posts, Contextual Related Posts, Related Content By PickPlugins plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including 2.0.59. This is due to missing nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected WordPress components

• Related Posts By PickPlugins Plugin · related-post
  Confirmed match Active
  Version 2.0.59
  View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

• pickplugins Related Posts, Inline Related Posts, Contextual Related Posts, Related Content By PickPlugins — Version 2.0.59

References

• plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/related-post/tags/2.0.58b/includes/menu/settings.php#L129
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3251482/
• wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/related-post/#developers
• www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/29d22612-8e0d-4275-b370-9729352c951e?source=cve
• nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record