CVE-2021-20746
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.44%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.44% probability · 73th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wordpress popular posts project/wordpress popular posts
- Source
- vultures@jpcert.or.jp
EPSS 1.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://cabrerahector.com/Vendor Advisory
- https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/wordpress-popular-posts-5-3-improved-php-8-support-retina-display-support-and-more/#minor-updates-and-hotfixesVendor Advisory
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63066062/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/Product, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://cabrerahector.com/Vendor Advisory
- https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/wordpress-popular-posts-5-3-improved-php-8-support-retina-display-support-and-more/#minor-updates-and-hotfixesVendor Advisory
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63066062/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/Product, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.