CVE-2024-9225

The SEOPress – On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg & remove_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 8.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-seopress/tags/8.1.1/inc/admin/wizard/admin-wizard.php#L286	Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3159928/wp-seopress/trunk/inc/admin/wizard/admin-wizard.php	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e648f65-3eeb-405d-b243-26354f3843c8?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:seopress:seopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-10-02 08:15

Updated : 2024-10-07 20:24

NVD link : CVE-2024-9225

Mitre link : CVE-2024-9225

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-9225

JSON object : View

Products Affected

seopress

seopress

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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