Display Post Metadata
Display Post Metadata has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2021; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.4, and the most serious one scores 5.4 out of 10.
The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).
The one issue recorded for Display Post Metadata has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.
All of these findings were reported by Francesco Carlucci. Display Post Metadata is installed on roughly 400 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.
CVE-2021-24855Display Post Metadata <= 1.4.0 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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Display Post Metadata
Author
Fahid Javid
It is a useful plugin to display the metadata information and custom fields of posts and pages or custom post type. You can either display date, author, comments, views or sticky meta information and custom fields list or maybe if you like then you can display all of them. Features You can list the following information: Published Date (The day when the post is published on the website) Author (The Person who created the post or page) Views (Number of people which have seen the post) Sticky (If the post is sticky or not) Comments (Number of comments on the post) Custom Fields (The default custom fields of posts and pages) for more details please consult Custom Fields codex page. Links GitHub Repository Please don’t forget to rate my Plugin if you find it useful, thanks.
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