Vulnerability · Published Aug 16, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2023-2225SEO ALert <= 1.59 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in SEO ALert from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The SEO ALert WordPress plugin through 1.59 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	SEO ALert	0 – through 1.59

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0af475ba-5c02-4f62-876d-6235a745bbd6 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description