Related Posts for WordPress <= 2.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2024-0592
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published March 13, 2024
Last Updated July 29, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając
Description

The Related Posts for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the handle_create_link() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add related posts to other posts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This ultimately makes it possible for attackers to view draft and password protected posts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug related-posts-for-wp (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.1
Patched Version
  • 2.2.2
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