# CVE-2024-45455: WordPress WP Meta SEO plugin <= 4.5.13 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into pages via the WP Meta SEO plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or site integrity.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4xg2-5xf7-v37m

## What is CVE-2024-45455?

CVE-2024-45455 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in JoomUnited WP Meta SEO, published on 15 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in JoomUnited WP Meta SEO wp-meta-seo allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Meta SEO: from n/a through <= 4.5.13.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45455?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Joomunited Wp Meta Seo.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45455?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45455 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45455 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45455 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-2024-45455 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45455 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in JoomUnited WP Meta SEO, published on 15 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45455 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-2024-45455/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45455/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45455
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45455
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45455

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45455/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.