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TI-2024-01573 Aliases CVE-2024-1692GHSA-rf68-6hvm-45gh

Cross-site scripting in BoldGrid Easy SEO – Simple and Effective SEO

Priority LOW 28CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The BoldGrid Easy SEO – Simple and Effective SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the meta description field in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.13 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00333 26th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
BoldGridBoldGrid Easy SEO – Simple and Effective SEOup to 1.6.13—No fix listedCNA
  • BoldGrid Easy SEO – Simple and Effective SEO VendorBoldGrid Affected up to 1.6.13 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-1692
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rf68-6hvm-45gh

References

  • TI-2013-01782 WordPress W3 Total Cache Plugin 0.9.2.8 has a Remote PHP Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-04758 pub/sns.php in the W3 Total Cache plugin before 0.9.4 for WordPress allows remote… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-39670 WordPress Client Invoicing by Sprout Invoices plugin <= 20.8.7 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-04390 W3 Total Cache <= 2.9.3 - Unauthenticated Security Token Exposure via User-Agent Header CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-08154 W3 Total Cache <= 2.9.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via 'f_array[]' Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-11141 W3 Total Cache <= 2.8.1 Information Exposure via Log Files CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources