Vulnerability · Published Mar 7, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-12634Related Posts, Inline Related Posts, Contextual Related Posts, Related Content By PickPlugins <= 2.0.59 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Related Posts, Inline Related Posts, Contextual Related Posts, Related Content By PickPlugins from pickplugins. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Related Posts, Inline Related Posts, Contextual Related Posts, Related Content By PickPlugins plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including 2.0.59. This is due to missing nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| pickplugins | Related Posts, Inline Related Posts, Contextual Related Posts, Related Content By PickPlugins | 2.0.59 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/29d22612-8e0d-4275-b370-9729352c951e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/related-post/tags/2.0.58b/includes/menu/settings.php#L129
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/related-post/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3251482/