Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields: known security problems
20 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
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In short
There are 20 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 3.3.9.2 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.3.9.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.3.9.1
- Fixed in
- 3.3.9.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 3.3.9.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-76573
- Report title
- Pods <= 3.3.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'not_found' Shortcode Attribute
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an author account on your site could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 3.3 up to and including 3.3.9.1
- Fixed in
- 3.3.9.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 3.3.9.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-74853
- Report title
- Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 3.3 - 3.3.9.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an author account on your site could run their own code on your site and take it over
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 3.3.9.1
- Fixed in
- 3.3.9.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 3.3.9.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-74851
- Report title
- Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields < 3.3.9.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Remote Code Execution
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could take over your site as an admin
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 2.8 up to and including 2.8.23.3
- From 2.9 up to and including 2.9.19.3
- From 3.0 up to and including 3.0.10.3
- From 3.1 up to and including 3.1.4.1
- From 3.2 up to and including 3.2.8.2
- From 3.3 up to and including 3.3.9
- Fixed in
- 2.8.23.4, 2.9.19.4, 3.0.10.4, 3.1.4.2, 3.2.8.3, 3.3.9.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 3.3.9.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-19598
- Report title
- Pods <= 3.3.9 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Authorization Bypass to Admin Methods via 'pods_admin' AJAX Router
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.3.8
- Fixed in
- 3.3.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 3.3.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-54191
- Report title
- Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields <= 3.3.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.2.8.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.2.8.1
- Fixed in
- 3.2.8.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 3.2.8.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-1446
- Report title
- Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields <= 3.2.8.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.2.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.2.8
- Fixed in
- 3.2.8.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 3.2.8.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-11849
- Report title
- Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields <= 3.2.8 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone who already has an admin account could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.2.7
- Fixed in
- 3.2.7.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 3.2.7.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-9883
- Report title
- Pods <= 3.2.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 3.2.3 up to and including 3.2.3
- Fixed in
- 3.2.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 3.2.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-6297
- Report title
- Several WordPress.org Plugins <= Various Versions - Injected Backdoor
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.2.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.2.1
- Fixed in
- 3.2.1.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 3.2.1.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-3956
- Report title
- Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields <= 3.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Pod Form Redirect URL
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could read or change the data in your site’s database
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.7.31
- From 2.8 up to, but not including, 2.8.23.2
- From 3 up to, but not including, 3.0.10.2
- Fixed in
- 2.7.31.2, 2.8.23.2, 2.9.19.2, 3.0.10.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 3.0.10.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-6967
- Report title
- Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.7.31
- From 2.8 up to, but not including, 2.8.23.2
- From 3 up to, but not including, 3.0.10.2
- Fixed in
- 2.7.31.2, 2.8.23.2, 2.9.19.2, 3.0.10.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 3.0.10.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-6965
- Report title
- Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could run their own code on your site and take it over
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.7.31
- From 2.8 up to, but not including, 2.8.23.2
- From 3 up to, but not including, 3.0.10.2
- Fixed in
- 2.7.31.2, 2.8.23.2, 2.9.19.2, 3.0.10.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 3.0.10.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-6999
- Report title
- Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields - Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing (up to and including 2.9.10.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.9.10.2
- Fixed in
- 2.9.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 2.9.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-23790
- Report title
- Pods <= 2.9.10.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.7.28)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.7.28
- Fixed in
- 2.7.29
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 2.7.29 or newer.
- Report title
- Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields <= 2.7.28 - Authenticated (Admin+) Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (from 2.4.4.1 up to, but not including, 2.7.27)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 2.4.4.1 up to, but not including, 2.7.27
- Fixed in
- 2.7.27
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 2.7.27 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24338
- Report title
- Pods 2.4.4.1 - 2.7.26 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (from 2.4.4.2 up to and including 2.7.26)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 2.4.4.2 up to and including 2.7.26
- Fixed in
- 2.7.27
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 2.7.27 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24339
- Report title
- Pods <= 2.7.26 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Menu Label field
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could read or change the data in your site’s database
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.5.1.2
- Fixed in
- 2.5.1.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 2.5.1.2 or newer.
- Report title
- Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields < 2.5.1.2 - SQL Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.4.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.3
- Fixed in
- 2.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 2.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2014-7956
- Report title
- Pods <= 2.4.3 - Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing (up to and including 2.4.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.3
- Fixed in
- 2.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields to version 2.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2014-7957
- Report title
- Pods <= 2.4.3 - Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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