WordPress Category SEO Meta Tags Plugin <= 2.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Priority LOW 38CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Bala Krishna, Sergey Yakovlev Category SEO Meta Tags plugin <= 2.5 versions.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00312 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bala Krishna, Sergey Yakovlev | Category SEO Meta Tags | up to 2.5 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Category SEO Meta Tags VendorBala Krishna, Sergey Yakovlev Affected up to 2.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:bala-krishna:category_seo_meta_tags:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 2.5 | Vulnerable | Bala-krishna |
- cpe:2.3:a:bala-krishna:category_seo_meta_tags:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 2.5 Vulnerable ·Bala-krishna
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-46618
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vw4m-22hh-wjmj
References
More Bala-krishna Category Seo Meta Tags vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-24744 WordPress Category SEO Meta Tags Plugin <= 2.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
Sources
- CVE-2023-46618 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-46618 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vw4m-22hh-wjmj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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