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2 vulnerabilities found for Recent Posts Widget Extended by themejunkie
CVE-2025-6757 (GCVE-0-2025-6757)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-09-06 04:22 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:47
VLAI?
Title
Recent Posts Widget Extended <= 2.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via rpwe Shortcode
Summary
The Recent Posts Widget Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'rpwe' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2 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.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| themejunkie | Recent Posts Widget Extended |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.0.2
(semver)
|
Credits
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CVE-2025-6757 (GCVE-0-2025-6757)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-06 04:22 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:47
VLAI?
Title
Recent Posts Widget Extended <= 2.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via rpwe Shortcode
Summary
The Recent Posts Widget Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'rpwe' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2 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.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| themejunkie | Recent Posts Widget Extended |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.0.2
(semver)
|
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