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Jun 06, 2024

Recent Posts Widget Extended # 3cc7d2ef95e97e36a6ad4e848429845437e5a6e2

Date
Oct 19, 2015
Research Description
Recent Posts Widget Extended [recent-posts-widget-extended] < 0.9.9.4 WordPress Recent Posts Widget Extended Plugin <= 0.9.9.3 - Authenticated XSS Because of this vulnerability, the attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML. Upgrade the plugin.
Affected versions
Min -, max -.
Status
vulnerable
Jul 24, 2024

Recent Posts Widget Extended # PSC-2024-64506

PSC, Research URL

PSC-2024-64506

Date
Aug 05, 2025
Research Description
The “Recent Posts Widget Extended” plugin is a powerful tool designed to enhance your WordPress site by displaying recent posts in a customizable and flexible manner. Whether through a shortcode or widget, this plugin offers advanced features for showcasing recent content, including thumbnails, excerpts, post dates, and more. Now, with its recent Plugin Security Certification (PSC) from CleanTalk, you can confidently integrate this plugin into your site knowing it meets high security standards.
Affected versions
Min -, max -.
Status
SAFE & CERTIFIED
Sep 06, 2025

Recent Posts Widget Extended # CVE-2025-6757

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2025-6757

Date
Sep 06, 2025
Research Description
The Recent Posts Widget Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'rpwe' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Affected versions
Min -, max -.
Status
vulnerable