Known vulnerabilities in Contextual Related Posts

Keep visitors on your site longer with intelligent, fast-loading, contextually related posts. Block, shortcode, custom post type and widget ready.

9Reported vulnerabilities

7.5Highest CVSS score

4.3.1Latest version

50,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Contextual Related Posts to 4.2.2 or later. 9 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 17, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.1 / 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-2023-0252	Medium 5.4	0.5%	Before 3.3.1	`3.3.1`	February 6, 2023
CVE-2014-3937	High 7.5	2.0%	1.8.10.1 and earlier 1.0 to 1.0 (inclusive) 1.1 to 1.1 (inclusive) 1.1.1 to 1.1.1 (inclusive) 1.2 to 1.2 (inclusive) 1.2.1 to 1.2.1 (inclusive) 1.2.2 to 1.2.2 (inclusive) 1.3 to 1.3 (inclusive) 1.3.1 to 1.3.1 (inclusive) 1.4 to 1.4 (inclusive) 1.4.1 to 1.4.1 (inclusive) 1.4.2 to 1.4.2 (inclusive) 1.5 to 1.5 (inclusive) 1.5.1 to 1.5.1 (inclusive) 1.5.2 to 1.5.2 (inclusive) 1.6 to 1.6 (inclusive) 1.6.1 to 1.6.1 (inclusive) 1.6.2 to 1.6.2 (inclusive) 1.6.3 to 1.6.3 (inclusive) 1.6.4 to 1.6.4 (inclusive) 1.6.5 to 1.6.5 (inclusive) 1.7 to 1.7 (inclusive) 1.7.1 to 1.7.1 (inclusive) 1.7.2 to 1.7.2 (inclusive) 1.7.3 to 1.7.3 (inclusive) 1.8 to 1.8 (inclusive) 1.8.1 to 1.8.1 (inclusive) 1.8.2 to 1.8.2 (inclusive) 1.8.3 to 1.8.3 (inclusive) 1.8.4 to 1.8.4 (inclusive) 1.8.5 to 1.8.5 (inclusive) 1.8.6 to 1.8.6 (inclusive) 1.8.7 to 1.8.7 (inclusive) 1.8.8 to 1.8.8 (inclusive) 1.8.9 to 1.8.9 (inclusive) 1.8.9.1 to 1.8.9.1 (inclusive) 1.8.10 to 1.8.10 (inclusive)	`1.8.10.2`	June 2, 2014
CVE-2013-2710	Medium 6.8	1.1%	1.8.6 and earlier 1.0 to 1.0 (inclusive) 1.1 to 1.1 (inclusive) 1.1.1 to 1.1.1 (inclusive) 1.2 to 1.2 (inclusive) 1.2.1 to 1.2.1 (inclusive) 1.2.2 to 1.2.2 (inclusive) 1.3 to 1.3 (inclusive) 1.3.1 to 1.3.1 (inclusive) 1.4 to 1.4 (inclusive) 1.4.1 to 1.4.1 (inclusive) 1.4.2 to 1.4.2 (inclusive) 1.5 to 1.5 (inclusive) 1.5.1 to 1.5.1 (inclusive) 1.5.2 to 1.5.2 (inclusive) 1.6 to 1.6 (inclusive) 1.6.1 to 1.6.1 (inclusive) 1.6.2 to 1.6.2 (inclusive) 1.6.3 to 1.6.3 (inclusive) 1.6.4 to 1.6.4 (inclusive) 1.6.5 to 1.6.5 (inclusive) 1.7 to 1.7 (inclusive) 1.7.1 to 1.7.1 (inclusive) 1.7.2 to 1.7.2 (inclusive) 1.7.3 to 1.7.3 (inclusive) 1.8 to 1.8 (inclusive) 1.8.1 to 1.8.1 (inclusive) 1.8.2 to 1.8.2 (inclusive) 1.8.3 to 1.8.3 (inclusive) 1.8.4 to 1.8.4 (inclusive) 1.8.5 to 1.8.5 (inclusive)	`1.8.7`	June 2, 2014
CVE-2026-2986	Medium 6.4	0.3%	0 to 4.2.1 (inclusive)	`4.2.2`	April 18, 2026
CVE-2025-47506	Medium 6.4	0.3%	4.0.2 and earlier	`4.0.3`	May 7, 2025
CVE-2026-32565	Medium 5.3	0.2%	Before 4.2.2	`4.2.2`	March 18, 2026
WF-37b5fcfd-654b-4151-9494-551799464c7c	Medium 4.3	—	3.3.1 and earlier	`3.3.2`	February 20, 2023
WF-ca8f4f6b-756b-4511-9e48-e41a872a9dad	Medium 4.3	—	3.3.1 and earlier	`3.3.2`	February 20, 2023
WF-d93006ac-037f-4291-b945-afa38358a037	Medium 4.3	—	2.9.3 and earlier	`2.9.4`	November 19, 2020

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