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SEOPress Plugin for WordPress 5.x < 5.0.4 Cross-Site Scripting

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 112980

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Synopsis

SEOPress Plugin for WordPress 5.x < 5.0.4 Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The WordPress SEOPress Plugin installed on the remote host is affected by a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via REST-API.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to SEOPress Plugin for WordPress 5.0.4 or latest.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-seopress/

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/08/xss-vulnerability-patched-in-seopress-affects-100000-sites/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 112980

Type: remote

Published: 9/17/2021

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-34641

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-34641

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:seopress:seopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-34641