TI-2024-08372 Aliases CVE-2024-9019 GHSA-mc46-84hc-whf6

Cross-site scripting in SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security

LOW 28CWE-79Published 2025-02-28 · Updated 2026-04-08

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 SecuPress Free — WordPress Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's secupress_check_ban_ips_form shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, 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 0.00214 11th 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
secupress	SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security	up to 2.2.5.3	—	No fix listed	CNA

SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security Vendorsecupress Affected up to 2.2.5.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:secupress:secupress::::::wordpress::*	up to 2.2.5.3	Vulnerable	secupress

cpe:2.3:a:secupress:secupress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 2.2.5.3 Vulnerable ·secupress

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-9019
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mc46-84hc-whf6

References

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/56e842c8-61ac-4281-8c4a-9cb1f8ecc062?source=cve

Other 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3247754/secupress

TI-2025-22177 WordPress SecuPress Free plugin <= 2.2.5.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2025-03031 SecuPress Free <= 2.3.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2024-01405 SecuPress Free — WordPress Security <= 2.2.5.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Banned IP Address CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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