TI-2023-05952 Aliases CVE-2023-6495 GHSA-x3hx-c98x-qrjf

YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin <= 5.30.9 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Cross-Site Scripting

LOW 22CWE-79Published 2024-06-19 · Updated 2026-04-08

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 YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to and including 5.30.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00263 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
jeffparker	YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin	up to 5.30.9	—	No fix listed	CNA

YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin Vendorjeffparker Affected up to 5.30.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:yarpp:yet_another_related_posts_plugin::::::wordpress::*	before 5.30.10	Vulnerable	jeffparker

cpe:2.3:a:yarpp:yet_another_related_posts_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 5.30.10 Vulnerable ·jeffparker

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6495
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x3hx-c98x-qrjf

References

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3037032%40yet-another-related-posts-plugin%2Ftrunk&old=2999784%40yet-another-related-posts-plugin%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d586e455-c73f-4916-a926-4d53699bb434?source=cve

TI-2024-29508 WordPress Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) plugin <= 5.30.10 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-00548 YARPP - Yet Another Related Posts Plugin < 5.30.3 - Subscriber+ SQLi CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-22340 WordPress Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) plugin <= 5.30.4 - Local File Inclusion CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
TI-2022-04086 YARPP - Yet Another Related Posts Plugin < 5.30.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
TI-2023-02286 YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin <= 5.30.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
TI-2024-00557 Cross-site scripting in jeffparker YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.4

Sources

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences