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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wpdreams | Related Posts Lite | ≤ 1.12 | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
GitHub 2 repositories
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prabhatverma47/CVE-2025-11926 ★ 0 · Mar 20, 2026
Wordpress-Related-Posts-Lite-plugin-XSS-PoC
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prabhatverma47/Wordpress-Related-Posts-Lite-plugin-XSS-PoC ★ 0 · Aug 27, 2025
Proof of Concept (PoC) for Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Related Posts Lite (slug: `related-posts-lite`). CVE-2025-11926
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5dadd49c-33b2-43d8-a6a9-64a3c37c4b52?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/related-posts-lite/tags/1.12/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-lite/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
- https://github.com/prabhatverma47/Wordpress-Related-Posts-Lite-plugin-XSS-PoC?utm_source=chatgpt.com