barrykooij vulnerabilities and threats

The Related Posts for WordPress plugin (up to version 3.0.0) contains a missing authorization vulnerability. Authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this flaw via the 'rp4wp_view' parameter to access titles and publication dates of all private posts across the site, which should normally be restricted to editors and above. The plugin's authorization checks are insufficient, allowing contributors to bypass intended access controls.

The Related Posts for WordPress plugin (up to version 3.0.0) contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Contributor-level access or higher to read titles of non-public posts authored by higher-privileged users. This occurs because the plugin fails to verify read permissions on child post IDs linked to a parent post, exposing sensitive post titles in the editor meta box.

The Related Posts for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the handle_create_link() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add related posts to other posts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This ultimately makes it possible for attackers to view draft and password protected posts.