# CVE-2023-1024: WP Meta SEO <= 4.5.3 - Missing Authorization in 'regenerateSitemaps'

> Authenticated subscribers can generate sitemaps due to missing capability checks in the WP Meta SEO plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rqjh-2xp3-wp52

## What is CVE-2023-1024?

CVE-2023-1024 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in joomunited WP Meta SEO, published on 28 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized sitemap generation due to a missing capability check on the regenerateSitemaps function in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to generate sitemaps. This vulnerability occurred as a result of the plugin relying on nonce checks as a means of access control, and that nonce being accessible to all authenticated users regardless of role.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1024?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Joomunited Wp Meta Seo.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1024?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1024 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1024 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1024 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in joomunited WP Meta SEO

- [CVE-2023-1381](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1381/): WP Meta SEO < 4.5.5 - Author+ PHAR Deserialization (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-0875](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0875/): WP Meta SEO < 4.5.3 - Subscriber+ SQLi (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-6961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6961/): WP Meta SEO <= 4.5.12 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Referer header (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-45456](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45456/): WordPress WP Meta SEO plugin <= 4.5.13 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-0876](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0876/): WP Meta SEO < 4.5.3 - Subscriber+ Improper Authorization causing Arbitrary Redirect (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1024 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1024 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in joomunited WP Meta SEO, published on 28 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1024 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: joomunited WP Meta SEO. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1024/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1024/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1024
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1024
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1024

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1024/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.