CVE-2023-2224 Seo By 10Web < 1.2.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the SEO by 10Web plugin, enabling stored XSS attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-2224?
CVE-2023-2224 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown SEO by 10Web, published on 5 Jun 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The SEO by 10Web WordPress plugin before 1.2.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2224?
It affects 1 product.
Products include 10web Seo.
How do I fix CVE-2023-2224?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2224 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2023-2224 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2224 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown SEO by 10Web
Sources
Also known as GHSA-43hf-xmxj-8rwm.