Known vulnerabilities in Most And Least Read Posts Widget

Provide two widgets, showing lists of the most and reast read posts.

3Reported vulnerabilities

8.8Highest CVSS score

2.5.21Latest version

900+Active installs

What to do now

Update Most And Least Read Posts Widget to 2.5.21 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 14, 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-2023-52133	High 8.8	0.5%	Before 2.5.17	`2.5.17`	December 28, 2023
CVE-2025-39549	Medium 6.4	0.3%	2.5.20 and earlier	`2.5.21`	April 16, 2025
CVE-2024-49628	Medium 4.3	0.2%	2.5.18 and earlier	`2.5.19`	October 18, 2024

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