Seopress
CVE-2024-4899
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Primary rating from Vendor (wpscan) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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1DescriptionCVE.org
The SEOPress WordPress plugin before 7.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its Post settings, which could allow high privilege users such as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
AnalysisAI
The SEOPress WordPress plugin before 7.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its Post settings, which could allow high privilege users such as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. The SEOPress WordPress plugin before 7.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its Post settings, which could allow high privilege users such as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. Affected products include: Seopress. Version information: before 7.8.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Same weakness CWE-79 – Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
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