Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-20746",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-20746",
    "summary": "Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress Popular Posts 5.3.2 and earlier allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script via unspecified vectors.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-20746",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts",
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:19.351319960Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://cabrerahector.com/",
        "https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/wordpress-popular-posts-5-3-improved-php-8-support-retina-display-support-and-more/#minor-updates-and-hotfixes",
        "https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63066062/index.html",
        "https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/"
      ],
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429990,
  "published_at": "2021-06-28T01:15:07.507+00:00"
}