Contextual Related Posts Plugin for WordPress < 3.3.1 Stored Cross-Site Scripting

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 113852

Synopsis

Contextual Related Posts Plugin for WordPress < 3.3.1 Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The WordPress Contextual Related Posts Plugin installed on the remote host is affected by a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Contextual Related Posts Plugin for WordPress 3.3.1 or latest.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/plugins/contextual-related-posts/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 113852

Type: remote

Published: 4/14/2023

Updated: 4/14/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0252

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0252

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:webberzone:contextual_related_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0252