Vulnerability · Published Feb 28, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-9019SecuPress Free — WordPress Security <= 2.2.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via secupress_check_ban_ips_form Shortcode
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security from secupress. 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 12% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The SecuPress Free — WordPress Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's secupress_check_ban_ips_form shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| secupress | SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security | 0 – through 2.2.5.3 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N