WordPress plugin · contextual-related-posts
Is Contextual Related Posts safe?
Safe on 4.5.2 or newer.
The current version, 4.5.2, is past every affected range on record (6 of 7 records list one; 1 doesn’t, so check it below). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 7
- High or critical
- 1
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 4.5.2
- Last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- Active installs
- 50,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Sep 22, 2026Contextual Related Posts: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-85653 · affects up to 4.4.1 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
- Apr 18, 2026Contextual Related Posts: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-2986 · affects up to 4.2.1 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
- Mar 18, 2026Contextual Related Posts: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2026-32565 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.3
- May 7, 2025Contextual Related Posts: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2025-47506 · affects up to 4.0.2 · reported by PatchstackMedium 6.5
- Feb 6, 2023Contextual Related Posts: Does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embedCVE-2023-0252 · fixed in 3.3.1 · reported by WPScanMedium 5.4
- Jun 2, 2014SQL injection vulnerability in the Contextual Related Posts plugin before 1.8.10.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via uCVE-2014-3937 · fixed in 1.8.10.2 · reported by MITRE2.0% oddsHigh 7.5
- Jun 2, 2014Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Contextual Related Posts plugin before 1.8.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentiCVE-2013-2710 · fixed in 1.8.7 · reported by PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com1.1% oddsMedium 6.8
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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