Plugins · related-posts-by-taxonomy · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Related Posts by Taxonomy safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 2.7.10
- Last updated
- 2026-08-21
- Active installs
- 10,000+
- Known issues on record
- 1
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4
Display a list of related posts on your site based on the most terms in common. Supports thumbnails, shortcodes, a widget and more. — by keesiemeijer
What to do
- Update to the latest version (2.7.10). Anything older than 2.7.7 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get related-posts-by-taxonomy --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update related-posts-by-taxonomy updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
1 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 6.4 CVE-2026-0916 · published 2026-01-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Related Posts by Taxonomy (2.7.6 and older)
- Affected
- 2.7.6 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.7.7 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Related Posts by Taxonomy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'related_posts_by_tax' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Recent activity
- 2026-08-21 — latest release on wordpress.org (2.7.10).
- 2026-01-16 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-0916), fixed in 2.7.7.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-by-taxonomy (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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