TI-2021-06769 Aliases CVE-2021-24482 GHSA-fcp3-3hf6-755h

Related Posts for WordPress <= 2.0.4 - Authenticated Stored XSS & XFS

LOW 23CWE-79Published 2021-07-19 · Updated 2024-08-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00687 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Unknown	Related Posts for WordPress	2.0.4 – 2.0.4	—	No fix listed	CNA

Related Posts for WordPress VendorUnknown Affected 2.0.4 – 2.0.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:never5:related_posts::::::wordpress::*	up to 2.0.4	Vulnerable	Never5

cpe:2.3:a:never5:related_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 2.0.4 Vulnerable ·Never5

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24482
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fcp3-3hf6-755h

References

Exploit 1

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f86e418-22fd-4cb8-8de1-062b17cf20a7

Other 1

https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-18%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Related-Posts-for-WordPress-WordPress-Plugin-v2.0.4.txt

TI-2022-03236 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in barrykooij/related-posts-for-wp CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
TI-2015-07738 The Related Posts plugin before 1.8.2 for WordPress has XSS via add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg(). CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2021-06472 Related Posts for WordPress < 2.0.4 - Authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
TI-2024-00548 Related Posts for WordPress <= 2.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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