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CVE-2021-24482

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

4.8 Medium

CVE-2021-24482 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Microkid Related Posts For Wordpress, published July 19, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
4.8 MediumCVSS 3.1, NVD
Exploit chance
0.69%EPSS, 53rd percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.69%Up 0.1 points since Jul 20, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used4.8

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.

Record
CVE-2021-24482
CVSS 3.1
4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0
3.5 LowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

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

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.

Record
CVE-2021-24482
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11394No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2021-11394
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fcp3-3hf6-755hNo score

The Related Posts for WordPress plugin through 2.0.4 does not sanitise its heading_text and CSS...

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.

Record
GHSA-fcp3-3hf6-755h
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliases, productsEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

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