SEOPress < 7.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | SEOPress | before 7.8 | 7.8 | Patch available | CNA |
- SEOPress VendorUnknown Affected before 7.8 Fixed in 7.8 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:seopress:seopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 7.8 | Vulnerable | rainbowgeek |
- cpe:2.3:a:seopress:seopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 7.8 Vulnerable ·rainbowgeek
Remediation
- Fix · CNA SEOPress (Unknown) Fixed in 7.8
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
SEOPress 7.8
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-04556 SEOPress < 7.8 - Contributor+ Open RedirectPriority LOW 27
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-4899
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8925-jp4p-j7g9
References
More rainbowgeek Seopress vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-01566 SEOPress < 6.5.0.3 - Admin+ PHP Object Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2024-05099 SEOPress < 7.9 - Unauthenticated Object Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-05773 WP SEO Press < 7.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2024-33888 WordPress SEOPress plugin <= 8.1.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-33887 WordPress SEOPress plugin <= 8.1.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-08561 SEOPress – On-site SEO <= 8.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-4899 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-4899 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8925-jp4p-j7g9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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