Vulnerability · Published Mar 11, 2025 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2024-13853SEO Tools <= 4.0.7 - Reflected XSS

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in SEO Tools from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

The SEO Tools WordPress plugin through 4.0.7 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	SEO Tools	0 – through 4.0.7

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

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/52991dd9-41f7-4cf8-b8c9-56dd4e62bf0c/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description