CVE-2026-85653: medium-severity vulnerability in ajay Contextual Related Posts
Contextual Related Posts <= 4.4.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'other_attributes' Block Parameter
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.4epss 0.4%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected products
ajay · Contextual Related PostsRelated CVEs — ajay Contextual Related Posts
In the same product, most dangerous first.
References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.2.4/includes/frontend/blocks/class-blocks.php#L95https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.2.4/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L133https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.2.4/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L854https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.2.4/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L972https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.4.0/includes/frontend/blocks/class-blocks.php#L95https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.4.0/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L133https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.4.0/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L854https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.4.0/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L972https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3703115%40contextual-related-posts&new=3703115%40contextual-related-postshttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ee59a73-c449-462d-9ff0-b652be56b73b?source=cve