CVE-2024-9019 Cross-site scripting in SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security

Medium 6.4 Published 28 Feb 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via a shortcode, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.

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-2024-9019?

CVE-2024-9019 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security, published on 28 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The SecuPress Free — WordPress Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's secupress_check_ban_ips_form shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, 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-2024-9019?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Secupress Secupress.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9019?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9019 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-2024-9019 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9019 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mc46-84hc-whf6.