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CVE-2022-3506 — Related Posts for WordPress [related-posts-for-wp] < 2.1.3

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2022-3506 Related Posts for WordPress [related-posts-for-wp] < 2.1.3 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Medium 5.4 < 2.1.3 2.1.3 2022-10-14 —

CVE-2022-3506

The Related Posts for WordPress plugin through version 2.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the 'heading_text' parameter that results from inadequate sanitization of inputs and lack of proper output encoding. Attackers with administrator privileges or higher can inject malicious scripts into pages, which then execute when other users view those pages. This issue was discovered independently by multiple researchers.

Based on public CVE data (MITRE/NVD).

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