CVE-2024-1168 SEOPress – On-site SEO <= 7.9 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Social Image URL
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via social image URLs, leading to code execution when users view affected pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-1168?
CVE-2024-1168 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in rainbowgeek SEOPress – On-site SEO & Analytics, published on 20 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SEOPress – On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's social image URL in all versions up to, and including, 7.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied image URLs. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1168?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Seopress Seopress.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1168?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1168 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-2024-1168 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1168 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in rainbowgeek SEOPress – On-site SEO & Analytics
- CVE-2024-5488 SEOPress < 7.9 - Unauthenticated Object Injection
- CVE-2023-1669 SEOPress < 6.5.0.3 - Admin+ PHP Object Injection
- CVE-2024-1134 SEOPress – On-site SEO <= 7.5.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2024-2165 SEOPress – On-site SEO <= 7.5.2.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2021-34641 SEOPress <= 5.0.0 – 5.0.3 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4f36-629m-27gx.