WordPress plugin vulnerabilities
WP Popular Posts vulnerabilities
Known security issues in the WP Popular Posts WordPress plugin, by affected version, with severity, CVE and the version that fixes each one.
- Plugin slug
- wordpress-popular-posts
- Latest version
- 7.4.3
- Active installs
- 100,000+
- Known vulnerabilities
- 11
- Data updated
- 2026-10-18 10:08 UTC
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Fixed in version 7.4.3 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WP Popular Posts <= 7.4.2 - Unauthenticated Information Disclosure in 'post_type' and 'context' Parameters CVE-2026-92548 · Source | Medium | 5.3 | < 7.4.3 | 2025-01-03 |
Fixed in version 7.2.0 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress WordPress Popular Posts Plugin <= 7.1.0 is vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution CVE-2024-11733 · Source | High | 7.3 | < 7.2.0 | 2025-01-03 |
Fixed in version 6.3.3 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Popular Posts <= 6.3.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode CVE-2023-45607 · Source | Medium | 6.5 | < 6.3.3 | 2023-10-06 |
Fixed in version 6.1.0 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Popular Posts <= 6.0.5 - Unauthenticated Views Changes CVE-2022-43468 · Source | High | 7.5 | < 6.1.0 | 2022-11-18 |
Fixed in version 6.0.0 (3)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress WordPress Popular Posts plugin <= 5.5.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability No CVE assigned · Source | Not rated | - | < 6.0.0 | 2022-06-29 |
| WordPress Popular Posts <= 5.5.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting No CVE assigned · Source | Not rated | - | < 6.0.0 | 2022-06-29 |
| WordPress Popular Posts < 6.0.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting No CVE assigned · Source | Not rated | - | < 6.0.0 | - |
Fixed in version 5.3.4 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Popular Posts plugin <= 5.3.3 - Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVE-2021-36872 · Source | Medium | 5.5 | < 5.3.4 | 2021-07-04 |
Fixed in version 5.3.3 (3)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Popular Posts plugin <= 5.3.2 - Authenticated Code Injection vulnerability leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE) CVE-2021-42362 · Source | High | 8.8 | < 5.3.3 | 2021-06-11 |
| WordPress Plugin "WordPress Popular Posts" vulnerable to cross-site scripting CVE-2021-20746 · Source | Medium | 5.4 | < 5.3.3 | 2021-06-23 |
| WordPress Popular Posts plugin <= 5.3.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability No CVE assigned · Source | Not rated | - | < 5.3.3 | 2021-06-07 |
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