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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-4471 · published 13 February 2023

CVE-2022-4471: Yarpp yet another related posts plugin vulnerability

Yarpp · Yet Another Related Posts Plugin

The YARPP WordPress plugin before 5.30.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

5.4 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.71% · top 48.4%
5.4CVSS 3.1 base score
0.71%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The YARPP WordPress plugin before 5.30.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c6cf792b-054c-4d77-bcae-3b700f42130b ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c6cf792b-054c-4d77-bcae-3b700f42130b ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-4471), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.