Contextual Related Posts <= 4.5.3 — Missing Authorization
CVE-2026-121724Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.5.3Update to 4.5.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Contextual Related Posts contextual-related-posts
- Affected≤ 4.5.3
- Patched in4.5.4
Update to 4.5.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.5.3. Version 4.5.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Contextual Related Posts.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.5.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Contextual Related Posts to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to nizar yart.
The Contextual Related Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This is due to a missing capability check on a function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'other_attributes' Block Parameter ≤4.4.1Update to 4.4.2 | CVE-2026-85653 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'other_attributes' ≤4.2.1Update to 4.2.2 | CVE-2026-2986 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization <4.2.2Update to 4.2.2 | CVE-2026-32565 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.0.2Update to 4.0.3 | CVE-2025-47506 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization in crp_ajax_clearcache ≤3.3.1Update to 3.3.2 | — |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'other_attributes' Block Parameter
≤4.4.1Update to 4.4.2
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'other_attributes'
≤4.2.1Update to 4.2.2
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
<4.2.2Update to 4.2.2
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.0.2Update to 4.0.3
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization in crp_ajax_clearcache
≤3.3.1Update to 3.3.2
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All Missing Authorization| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
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- Critical9.8Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission
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- Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter
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- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.