PT-2023-16112 · WordPress · Contextual Related Posts

Lana Codes · Published 2023-02-06 · Updated 2025-03-25 · CVE-2023-0252

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Contextual Related Posts WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.3.1

Description The issue concerns a lack of validation and escaping of certain block options in the Contextual Related Posts WordPress plugin. This could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.3.1, update to version 3.3.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the contributor role and above from accessing the block options until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-0252

Affected Products

Contextual Related Posts

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5754a4fd-1adf-47aa-976f-3b28750058c2 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0252 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0252 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/43721 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/116186 · Telegram Post