Cross-site scripting via cross-site request forgery
Published Apr 17, 2024 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Barry Kooij Related Posts for WordPress 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to trigger XSS. The public CNA and Patchstack records do not identify the affected handler, request parameter, or missing validation that converts the forged request into script injection. Exploitation requires a logged-in privileged user to open or submit attacker-controlled content, after which injected script runs in that user's browser context.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Barry Kooij Related Posts for WordPress 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to trigger XSS. The public CNA and Patchstack records do not identify the affected handler, request parameter, or missing validation that converts the forged request into script injection. Exploitation requires a logged-in privileged user to open or submit attacker-controlled content, after which injected script runs in that user's browser context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-32549
- Published
- Apr 17, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Barry Kooij
- Product
- Related Posts for WordPress
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 17, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <=4.0.3
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