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Vulnerability · Published Oct 3, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2026-96564SEOPress <= 10.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Author Display Name

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site scripting in SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO from rainbowgeek. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
rainbowgeek SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 0 – through 10.2

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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