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Plugin · wordpress-popular-posts
WP Popular Posts
7 known vulnerabilities on record. Add your version above to see which ones affect you.
Oct 1, 2026WP Popular Posts: Sensitive Information ExposureCVE-2026-92548 · affects up to 7.4.2 · reported by WordfenceMedium 5.3
The WP Popular Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.2 via the 'context' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive edit-context fields — including raw title, raw content body, password, meta, status, and guid — from non-public post objects such as wp_block synced patterns that WordPress core itself refuses to expose to unauthenticated callers. This is possible because the plugin's REST route is registered with a permission_callback of __return_true and passes the caller-supplied context parameter (e.g., context=edit) directly to WP_REST_Posts_Controller::prepare_item_for_response() without invoking get_item_permissions_check() or check_read_permission(), while the underlying query accepts an arbitrary post_type value without enforcing public or show_in_rest visibility flags.
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Jan 3, 2025The WordPress Popular Posts: Arbitrary shortcode executionCVE-2024-11733 · affects up to 7.1.0 · reported by WordfenceHigh 7.3
The The WordPress Popular Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 7.1.0. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Oct 18, 2023Auth.CVE-2023-45607 · fixed in 6.3.3 · reported by PatchstackMedium 6.5
Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Hector Cabrera WordPress Popular Posts plugin <= 6.3.2 versions.
Dec 6, 2022External initialization of trusted variables or data stores vulnerability exists in WordPress Popular Posts 6.0.5 and earlier, therefore the vulnerable product CVE-2022-43468 · affects up to 6.0.5 · reported by vultures@jpcert.or.jpHigh 7.5
External initialization of trusted variables or data stores vulnerability exists in WordPress Popular Posts 6.0.5 and earlier, therefore the vulnerable product accepts untrusted external inputs to update certain internal variables. As a result, the number of views for an article may be manipulated through a crafted input.
Nov 17, 2021WordPress Popular Posts: Arbitrary file uploadsCVE-2021-42362 · affects up to 5.3.2 · reported by WordfenceHigh 8.8
The WordPress Popular Posts WordPress plugin is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient input file type validation found in the ~/src/Image.php file which makes it possible for attackers with contributor level access and above to upload malicious files that can be used to obtain remote code execution, in versions up to and including 5.3.2.
Sep 23, 2021WordPress Popular Posts: Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)CVE-2021-36872 · affects up to 5.3.3 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.5
Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress Popular Posts plugin (versions <= 5.3.3). Vulnerable at &widget-wpp[2][post_type].
Jun 27, 2021WordPress Popular Posts 5.3.2 and earlier: Cross-site scriptingCVE-2021-20746 · affects up to 5.3.2 · reported by vultures@jpcert.or.jpMedium 5.4
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress Popular Posts 5.3.2 and earlier allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script via unspecified vectors.
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