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TI-2025-08504 Aliases CVE-2025-9277GHSA-p74p-fmvr-r6wf

SiteSEO – SEO Simplified <= 1.2.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Broken Regex Expression

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 SiteSEO – SEO Simplified plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the broken preg_replace expression in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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 0.00197 9th 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
softaculousSiteSEO – SEO Simplifiedup to 1.2.7—No fix listedCNA
  • SiteSEO – SEO Simplified Vendorsoftaculous Affected up to 1.2.7 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-2025-9277
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p74p-fmvr-r6wf

References

Other 2

  • TI-2026-31743 Softaculous Virtualizor OS Command Injection via Billing Module Handler CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2024-01104 AMPPS Encryption Passphrase denial of service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-08042 Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone <= 1.3.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2024-16212 Softaculous Webuzo Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-31745 Softaculous Virtualizor Authorization Bypass via Billing Module Handler CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2024-07404 FileOrganizer <= 1.0.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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