SEOPress <= 10.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Author Display Name
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- 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 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Author Display Name in all versions up to, and including, 10.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the 'Track Authors' custom dimension to be configured in the plugin's Google Analytics 4 or Matomo settings, and the attacker must be able to publish public singular content (e.g., via bbPress forum topics) so that the injected display name is rendered in the tracking script.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rainbowgeek | SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO | up to 10.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO Vendorrainbowgeek Affected up to 10.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-96564
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2vm8-35r3-2p8v
- 2026-10-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f5f5b75-abaf-4e4b-8509-f8b569519166?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-seopress/tags/10.2/inc/functions/options-google-analytics.php#L635
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-seopress/tags/10.2/inc/functions/options-matomo.php#L118
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3722789%40wp-seopress&new=3722789%40wp-seopress
More rainbowgeek 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-2026-96564 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-96564 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2vm8-35r3-2p8v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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