Is user-submitted-posts (WordPress plugin) vulnerable?

WordPress user-submitted-posts has 5 known advisories in the phpwarden feed. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28.

5advisories
1critical
0on CISA KEV
2no fix recorded
CVETitleSeverityCVSSAffectedFixed in
CVE-2019-25138The User Submitted Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the usp_check_icritical9.8<=20190312–
CVE-2016-11001The user-submitted-posts plugin before 20160215 for WordPress has XSS via the user-submitted-content field.medium6.1<2016021520160215
CVE-2024-5002The User Submitted Posts WordPress plugin before 20240516 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilemedium4.8<2024051620240516
CVE-2023-4308The User Submitted Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘user-submitted-content’ parameter in verhigh7.2<2023081120230811
CVE-2023-4779The User Submitted Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's [usp_gallery] shortcode in versimedium6.4<=20230811–

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