CVE-2023-6290

WP SEO Press < 7.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS

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Published Jan 22, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The SEOPress WordPress plugin before 7.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

SEOPress

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 7.3

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.402% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/78a13958-cd12-4ea8-b326-1e3184da970b/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Seopress Seopress

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 29, 2024, 2:31 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Jan 22, 2024, 7:14 PM
Updated: Aug 29, 2024, 2:31 PM
Reserved: Nov 24, 2023, 5:02 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 8:28 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 8:28 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 22, 2024, 8:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM

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