6.4

CVE-2026-2986: ajay contextual related posts Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.4v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 18-04-2026Last modified 20-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-2986 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in ajay contextual related posts. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.8% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 4.2.2.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · -0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-04-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Contextual Related Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'other_attributes' parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.04 pp

From 0.30% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ajay1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • contextual-related-posts≤ 4.2.1 (fixed in 4.2.2)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links