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CVE-2026-85653: ajay contextual related posts Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.4v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 22-09-2026Last modified 22-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-85653 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in ajay contextual related posts. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 4.4.2.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Contextual Related Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'other_attributes' Block Parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-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

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

22-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.42%

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≤ 4.4.1 (fixed in 4.4.2)

2 vendors · 2 products

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