Description
The Related Posts Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 1.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Problem types
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Product status
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Timeline
2025-10-17: | Vendor Notified |
2025-10-17: | Disclosed |
Credits
Prabhat Verma
References
www.wordfence.com/...-33b2-43d8-a6a9-64a3c37c4b52?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/.../related-posts-lite/tags/1.12/
wordpress.org/.../related-posts-lite/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
github.com/...sts-Lite-plugin-XSS-PoC?utm_source=chatgpt.com