FKIE_CVE-2021-24180

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-04-05 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:39
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Unvalidated input and lack of output encoding within the Related Posts for WordPress plugin before 2.0.4 lead to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability within the 'lang' GET parameter while editing a post, triggered when users with the capability of editing posts access a malicious URL.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7593d5c8-cbc2-4469-b36b-5d4fb6d49718Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7593d5c8-cbc2-4469-b36b-5d4fb6d49718Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
never5 related_posts *
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          "vendor": "Unknown",
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:39:33.227",
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