Known vulnerabilities in Auto Prune Posts

Auto deletes expires (prunes) posts after a certain amount of time. On a per category basis (single category, or all at once.

3Reported vulnerabilities

5.4Highest CVSS score

3.1.1Latest version

1,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Auto Prune Posts to 3.1.0 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: November 11, 2025 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.8.8 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2024-10639	Medium 4.8	0.3%	Before 3.0.0	`3.0.0`	May 15, 2025
CVE-2023-27423	Medium 5.4	0.3%	1.8.0 and earlier	`2.0.0`	March 10, 2023
CVE-2025-64262	Medium 4.3	0.1%	3.0.0 and earlier	`3.1.0`	November 8, 2025

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.