WP Vulnerability WatchVulnerability data as of September 7, 2026

Known vulnerabilities in Read and Understood

V2.3 Better sanitization of arguments coming in from POST and written to DB Better job using nonce. Uses relative address for plugin_url …

3Reported vulnerabilities
8.8Highest CVSS score
2.4Latest version
30+Active installs

What to do now

Update Read and Understood to 2.2 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: April 11, 2018 / Tested up to WordPress: 4.9.31 / View on wordpress.org

This plugin has not been updated in over two years. New vulnerabilities may never be fixed. Consider an alternative.

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.

CVESeverityExploit probability
next 30 days		 Affected versionsFixed inPublished
CVE-2018-5669 High 8.8 0.6% 2.1 to 2.1 (inclusive) 2.2 January 13, 2018
CVE-2018-5668 Medium 4.8 0.7% 2.1 to 2.1 (inclusive) 2.2 January 13, 2018
CVE-2018-5667 Medium 4.8 0.7% 2.1 to 2.1 (inclusive) 2.2 January 13, 2018

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