{"id":"CVE-2026-85653","title":"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.…","summary":"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.…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.4,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-79"],"vendor":"ajay","product":"Contextual Related Posts","affected":["contextual_related_posts <= 4.4.1"],"published":"2026-09-22","updated":"2026-09-22","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-22T16:18:05.010","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85653","references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.2.4/includes/frontend/blocks/class-blocks.php#L95","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.2.4/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L133","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.2.4/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L854","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.2.4/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L972","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.4.0/includes/frontend/blocks/class-blocks.php#L95","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.4.0/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L133","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.4.0/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L854","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contextual-related-posts/tags/4.4.0/includes/frontend/class-media-handler.php#L972","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3703115%40contextual-related-posts&new=3703115%40contextual-related-posts","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ee59a73-c449-462d-9ff0-b652be56b73b?source=cve","label":"security@wordfence.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-22T14:12:07.401882Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-22T05:59:04.886Z","slug":"CVE-2026-85653","body":"## Overview\n\nThe 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":35,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}