Description
The Related Posts by Taxonomy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'related_posts_by_tax' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| keesiemeijer | Related Posts by Taxonomy | ≤ 2.7.6 | — |
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0582fe7d-884c-4019-837a-861d36ccc842?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/related-posts-by-taxonomy/tags/2.7.6/includes/functions.php#L259
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/related-posts-by-taxonomy/tags/2.7.7/includes/functions.php#L259