Vulnerability · Published Aug 26, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-9277SiteSEO – SEO Simplified <= 1.2.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Broken Regex Expression

Medium 6.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in SiteSEO – SEO Simplified from softaculous. 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 10% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The SiteSEO – SEO Simplified plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the broken preg_replace expression in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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)

VendorProductVersions
softaculous SiteSEO – SEO Simplified 0 – through 1.2.7

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

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