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The Post Grid vulnerabilities

The Post Grid has 3 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 29 Aug 2024.

Known vulnerabilities
3
Active installs
100,000+
Latest version
7.9.7
Last updated
27 Sep 2026
Most recent
29 Aug 2024

Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.

VulnerabilitySeverityAffectedFixPublished
Sensitive data exposure
CVE-2024-7418
Medium 4.3Before 7.7.12Fixed in 7.7.1229 Aug 2024
Cross-site scripting (XSS)
CVE-2024-1427
Medium 6.4Before 7.7.2Fixed in 7.7.22 Jul 2024
Broken access control
CVE-2024-3936
Medium 4.3Up to 7.6.1Fixed in a later version (latest 7.9.7)2 May 2024
Read the published descriptions
CVE-2024-7418, 29 Aug 2024
The The Post Grid - Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 7.7.11 via the post_query_guten and post_query functions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to extract information from posts that are not public (i.e. draft, future, etc..). CVE record
CVE-2024-1427, 2 Jul 2024
The The Post Grid - Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the section title tag attribute in all versions up to, and including, 7.7.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE record
CVE-2024-3936, 2 May 2024
The The Post Grid - Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the rtTPGSaveSettings function in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to change the plugin's settings and invoke other functions hooked by AJAX actions. CVE record

What to do if you run The Post Grid

If you run The Post Grid, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.

If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.

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