WP Vulnerability WatchVulnerability data as of September 7, 2026

Known vulnerabilities in WP Popular Posts

A highly customizable, easy-to-use popular posts plugin!

7Reported vulnerabilities
8.8Highest CVSS score
7.4.0Latest version
100,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update WP Popular Posts to 7.2.0 or later. 7 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: June 7, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / 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.

CVESeverityExploit probability
next 30 days		 Affected versionsFixed inPublished
CVE-2021-42362 High 8.8 79.8% 5.3.2 and earlier 5.3.3 November 17, 2021
CVE-2022-43468 High 7.5 0.8% 6.0.5 and earlier 6.1.0 December 7, 2022
CVE-2024-11733 High 7.3 0.5% 0 to 7.1.0 (inclusive) 7.2.0 January 3, 2025
WF-db2a0b6f-5629-4ebe-8431-ebb3bc583e31 Medium 6.1 — 5.5.1 and earlier 6.0.0 June 29, 2022
CVE-2021-20746 Medium 5.4 1.4% 5.3.2 and earlier 5.3.3 June 28, 2021
CVE-2023-45607 Medium 5.4 0.3% Before 6.3.3 6.3.3 October 18, 2023
CVE-2021-36872 Medium 5.4 0.6% 5.3.3 and earlier 5.3.4 September 23, 2021

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