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CVE-2022-3506

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3506 is a stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the "related-posts-for-wp" plugin (specifically "never5 related_posts") in GitHub repository barrykooij/related-posts-for-wp prior to version 2.1.3. With a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), exploitation requires user interaction and authenticated access, allowing an attacker to inject malicious scripts that could lead to information disclosure or defacement. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no Metasploit or ExploitDB modules, and minimal community discussion or media coverage, though Nuclei templates exist.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:never5:related_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2022-3506 · Nov 27, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0115 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / barrykooij/related-posts-for-wp/commit/37733398dd88863fc0bdb3d6d378598429fd0b81
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/08251542-88f6-4264-9074-a89984034828
ExploitThird Party Advisory