CVE-2025-30602
WordPress Related Posts via Categories plugin <= 2.1.2 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in alphasis Related Posts via Categories related-posts-via-categories allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Related Posts via Categories: from n/a through <= 2.1.2.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.1
WordPress Related Posts via Categories plugin <= 2.1.2 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in alphasis Related Posts via Categories related-posts-via-categories allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Related Posts via Categories: from n/a through <= 2.1.2.
- Record
CVE-2025-30602- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-7928
7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in alphasis Related Posts via Categories related-posts-via-categories allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Related Posts via Categories: from n/a through <= 2.1.2.
- Record
EUVD-2025-7928- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-492h-pgjr-5pj9
7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')...
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in alphasis Related Posts via Categories allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Related Posts via Categories: from n/a through 2.1.2.
- Record
GHSA-492h-pgjr-5pj9- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in alphasis Related Posts via Categories related-posts-via-categories allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Related Posts via Categories: from n/a through <= 2.1.2.
- Record
CVE-2025-30602- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-30602 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Alphasis Related Posts Via Categories, published March 24, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/related-posts-via-categories/vulnerability/wordpress-related-posts-via-categories-plugin-2-1-2-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30602
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/related-posts-via-categories/vulnerability/wordpress-related-posts-via-categories-plugin-2-1-2-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-492h-pgjr-5pj9