Is WP Popular Posts safe?

No known vulnerability affects the current version (7.4.4). 11 issues were found in earlier versions and fixed, the latest disclosed on Jan 3, 2025.

Checked 3 days ago against the WPVulnerability database, for version 7.4.4.

How it’s looked after

Last release: Nov 2, 2026 (6 days ago)
Releases in the last year: 8
Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4
Support resolved: 5 of 8 threads in two months
Active installs: 100K+

11 known vulnerabilities

3 high
4 medium
4 not rated

None affects the current version.

Disclosed each year

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20252

Every known vulnerability in WP Popular Posts

Newest first, with any that affect the current version at the top.

medium
Unauthenticated Information Disclosure in 'post_type' and 'context' Parameters
Fixed in 7.4.3 · CVE-2026-92548 · Jan 3, 2025 · Wordfence
high
Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Fixed in 7.2.0 · CVE-2024-11733 · Jan 3, 2025 · Wordfence
medium
Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Fixed in 6.3.3 · CVE-2023-45607 · Oct 6, 2023 · Wordfence
high
Unauthenticated Views Changes
Fixed in 6.1.0 · CVE-2022-43468 · Nov 18, 2022 · Wordfence
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Fixed in 6.0.0 · Jun 29, 2022 · Wordfence
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Fixed in 6.0.0 · Jun 29, 2022 · Patchstack
medium
Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Fixed in 5.3.4 · CVE-2021-36872 · Jul 4, 2021 · Wordfence
medium
Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting
Fixed in 5.3.3 · CVE-2021-20746 · Jun 23, 2021 · Wordfence
high
Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload
Fixed in 5.3.3 · CVE-2021-42362 · Jun 11, 2021 · Wordfence
Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Fixed in 5.3.3 · Jun 7, 2021 · Patchstack
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Fixed in 6.0.0 · WPScan

Questions about WP Popular Posts’s security

Is WP Popular Posts safe to use?

No known vulnerability affects its current version. Earlier versions had issues that are now fixed, so keep WP Popular Posts updated: most attacks target sites that haven’t updated.

Does WP Popular Posts have known security vulnerabilities?

None that affect the current version. WPVulnerability’s database lists 11 older issues, fixed in earlier versions, so keep WP Popular Posts up to date.

Is WP Popular Posts still maintained?

Yes. Its last release was 6 days ago. Its authors resolved 5 of the 8 support threads opened in the last two months.

Is WP Popular Posts compatible with the latest WordPress?

Yes. It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current version.

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Vulnerability data from WPVulnerability (CC0), which gathers records from CVE, Wordfence, Patchstack and WPScan. A clean record isn’t a guarantee: keep every plugin updated.