# CVE-2024-5488: SEOPress < 7.9 - Unauthenticated Object Injection

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit object injection in SEOPress to execute arbitrary code via malicious gadget chains.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wh6w-2qc6-mq3c

## What is CVE-2024-5488?

CVE-2024-5488 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Unknown SEOPress , published on 9 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The SEOPress  WordPress plugin before 7.9 does not properly protect some of its REST API routes, which combined with another Object Injection vulnerability can allow unauthenticated attackers to unserialize malicious gadget chains, compromising the site if a suitable chain is present.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5488?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Seopress Seopress.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5488?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5488 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5488 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5488 exists.

Public exploit code:

- SEOPress < 7.9 - Authentication Bypass (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-5488.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown SEOPress 

- [CVE-2023-1669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1669/): SEOPress < 6.5.0.3 - Admin+ PHP Object Injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-1168](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1168/): SEOPress – On-site SEO <= 7.9 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Social Image URL (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-1134](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1134/): SEOPress – On-site SEO <= 7.5.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-2165](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2165/): SEOPress – On-site SEO <= 7.5.2.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2021-34641](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34641/): SEOPress <= 5.0.0 – 5.0.3 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5488 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5488 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Unknown SEOPress , published on 9 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5488 exists.

Affected product: Unknown SEOPress . 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-2024-5488/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5488/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5488
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5488
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5488

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5488/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.