WordPress Custom Related Posts plugin <= 1.8.0 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability

published 2026-01-05 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-07 32 d ago also EUVD-2026-0866

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits: 0; none known

Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability in Brecht Custom Related Posts custom-related-posts allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.This issue affects Custom Related Posts: from n/a through <= 1.8.0.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Brecht Custom Related Posts 1.8.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 10 mo ago (2026-01-06)

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Brecht Custom Related Posts

Classification

Weakness

CWE-201 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/custom-related-posts/vulnerability/wordpress-custom-related-posts-plugin-1-8-0-sens
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-68033
NVD CVE-2025-68033

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Summary