CVE-2023-6961
published 2024-05-02CVE-2023-6961: The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘Referer’ header in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.12 due to…
PriorityP181medium6.1CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN
ITWVulnCheck KEV
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
0.45%
35.6th percentile
The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘Referer’ header in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| joomunited | wp_meta_seo | < 4.5.13 | 4.5.13 |
| joomunited | wp_meta_seo | <= 4.5.12 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
vulncheck7.2HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-q274-fpm6-p6rp: The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘Referer’ header in all versions up to, and including, 4
ghsa_unreviewed·2024-05-02
CVE-2023-6961 [HIGH] CWE-79 GHSA-q274-fpm6-p6rp: The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘Referer’ header in all versions up to, and including, 4
The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘Referer’ header in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
VulnCheck
WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress Stored Cross-Site Scripting
vulncheck·2023·CVSS 7.2
CVE-2023-6961 [HIGH] WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress Stored Cross-Site Scripting
WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Referer header in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected: Joomla WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress
Required Action: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Exploitation References: https://www.fastly.com/blog/active-exploitation-unauthenticated-stored-xss-vulnerabilities-wordpress/
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3071453%40wp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk&old=3068145%40wp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca91e41d-b728-4eb0-86d5-043813d8c2c1?source=cvehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3071453%40wp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk&old=3068145%40wp-meta-seo%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca91e41d-b728-4eb0-86d5-043813d8c2c1?source=cve
2024-05-02
Published
Exploited in the wild