The Contextual Related Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'other_attributes' Block Parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
ajay Contextual Related Posts unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 4.4.1

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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.2.4/includes/frontend/blocks/class-blocks.php#L95 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.2.4/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L133 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.2.4/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L854 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.2.4/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L972 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.4.0/includes/frontend/blocks/class-blocks.php#L95 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.4.0/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L133 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.4.0/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L854 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.4.0/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L972 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3703115%40contextual-related-posts&new=3703115%40contextual-related-posts cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ee59a73-c449-462d-9ff0-b652be56b73b?source=cve cve-icon
History

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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Description The Contextual Related Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'other_attributes' Block Parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Title Contextual Related Posts <= 4.4.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'other_attributes' Block Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-22T05:30:42.725Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T13:11:31.767Z

Link: CVE-2026-85653

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