# Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields

> Pods is a framework for creating, managing, and deploying customized content types and fields for any project.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `pods`
- Author: Scott Kingsley Clark
- Version: 3.3.9.2
- Active installs: 100,000+
- Last update: 2026-08-31 (2 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.3, PHP 7.2
- Tags: content types, custom fields, custom post types, Custom Taxonomies, pods
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 2 months ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit, Focused ↔ All-in-one (personality).

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-09-05 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'not_found' Shortcode Attribute (up to 3.3.9.1). CVE-2026-76573, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82ca2dfc-a820-49d7-bb73-38dbb8406841?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-04 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read (3.3 to 3.3.9.1). CVE-2026-74853, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/988ba837-4711-4111-bbd1-6edaac663810?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-26 HIGH: Authenticated (Author+) Remote Code Execution (before 3.3.9.1). CVE-2026-74851, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/de6256cf-b6c8-4436-83ad-a5494fc48949?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-15 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Authorization Bypass to Admin Methods via 'pods_admin' AJAX Router (6 branches affected, highest affected 3.3.9). CVE-2026-19598, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3628032a-3121-45a7-8a78-cfcd8ba6af2f?source=api-prod
- 2026-06-16 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 3.3.8). CVE-2026-54191, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a57d218c-0aee-4764-9496-065e71448a9b?source=api-prod
- 2025-03-02 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 3.2.8.1). CVE-2025-1446, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/43b59e94-047e-4bdf-abe1-538f2f043ffe?source=api-prod
- 2024-12-16 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 3.2.8). CVE-2024-11849, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d8fbfcfe-3597-4c59-b47c-4e48ecbb8d83?source=api-prod
- 2024-10-15 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 3.2.7). CVE-2024-9883, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/232378ba-5992-4ac0-975b-8c329bce83b6?source=api-prod
- 2024-06-24 CRITICAL: Injected Backdoor (3.2.3 to 3.2.3). WF-56d24bc8-4a1a-4e60-aec5-960703a6058a-11, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/56d24bc8-4a1a-4e60-aec5-960703a6058a?source=api-prod
- 2024-05-09 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Pod Form Redirect URL (up to 3.2.1). CVE-2024-3956, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a0707c92-96e9-444a-8a13-52d49c9e3f5c?source=api-prod
- 2024-03-28 HIGH: Custom Content Types and Fields - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via Shortcode (up to 2.7.31 (excl.), 2.8 to 2.8.23.2 (excl.), 3 to 3.0.10.2 (excl.)). CVE-2023-6967, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1aa7d0c2-27ec-47ad-8baa-c281c273078e?source=api-prod
- 2024-03-28 MEDIUM: Custom Content Types and Fields - Missing Authorization (up to 2.7.31 (excl.), 2.8 to 2.8.23.2 (excl.), 3 to 3.0.10.2 (excl.)). CVE-2023-6965, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5d330cd-ad1f-451e-bf41-39cfeb296cf0?source=api-prod
- 2024-03-28 HIGH: Custom Content Types and Fields - Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution (up to 2.7.31 (excl.), 2.8 to 2.8.23.2 (excl.), 3 to 3.0.10.2 (excl.)). CVE-2023-6999, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d9108d5f-7b8b-478d-ba9d-f895bdb7dbf2?source=api-prod
- 2023-01-20 HIGH: Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 2.9.10.2). CVE-2023-23790, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d874f9d7-c532-467d-9e3d-9529dd5bdc47?source=api-prod
- 2021-08-06 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.7.28). WF-76d850dd-75f3-4671-9561-0e361d09a121, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/76d850dd-75f3-4671-9561-0e361d09a121?source=api-prod
- 2021-01-15 MEDIUM: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (2.4.4.1 to 2.7.27 (excl.)). CVE-2021-24338, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aba54af1-732a-49e6-a8c4-76f276a5581a?source=api-prod
- 2021-01-15 MEDIUM: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Menu Label field (2.4.4.2 to 2.7.26). CVE-2021-24339, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ac8214af-00d0-4dde-a3e7-f657decc4b93?source=api-prod
- 2015-03-16 CRITICAL: SQL Injection (before 2.5.1.2). WF-e95b2bfe-8675-4932-9b37-73ad15fa228e, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e95b2bfe-8675-4932-9b37-73ad15fa228e?source=api-prod
- 2015-01-12 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.4.3). CVE-2014-7956, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0b8a9c85-a7cd-469c-834b-d1d89387cf63?source=api-prod
- 2015-01-12 CRITICAL: Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 2.4.3). CVE-2014-7957, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/19b4a27d-d9de-4567-86cd-8ec821ee299a?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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