Plugin inspection:

Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP)

Use with caution

Last revised:

Confidence: Medium
This plugin has been given a short, targeted code review.

Before using this plugin, you should carefully consider these findings. Read more about this recommendation.

Warnings

This recommendation applies to version 4.4 of this plugin, but the most recent version is 5.30.11. These findings may no longer be correct.

Findings

  • There is a lot of unescaped data being put into SQL – in one case the only thing preventing SQLi is magic_quotes_gpc emulation (see the taxonomy parameter being used in YARPP_Admin::ajax_display_exclude_terms)

Reason for the 'Use with caution' result

The plugin contains or is likely to contain a vulnerability which could be exploited by a privileged user to affect the site’s confidentiality, integrity or availability in a manner exceeding their privileges:

  • May allow SQL injection

Failure criteria

  • Execution of unprepared SQL statements

Read more about our failure criteria.