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CVE-2024-4899: SEOPress < 7.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-06-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The SEOPress WordPress plugin before 7.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its Post settings, which could allow high privilege users such as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected products

• SEOPress: before 7.8 — fixed in 7.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SEOPress 7.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15346ae9-9a29-4968-a6a9-81d1116ac448/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15346ae9-9a29-4968-a6a9-81d1116ac448/

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