CVE-2023-2029 (GCVE-0-2023-2029)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-10 12:41 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:39
VLAI
Title
PrePost SEO <= 3.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The PrePost SEO WordPress plugin through 3.0 does not properly sanitize some of its settings, which could allow high-privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown PrePost SEO Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.0 (custom)
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Credits
Taurus Omar WPScan
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