CVE-2024-9225 SEOPress – On-site SEO <= 8.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via crafted URLs, requiring user interaction to execute malicious code in the victim's browser.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-9225?
CVE-2024-9225 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in rainbowgeek SEOPress – On-site SEO & Analytics, published on 2 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The SEOPress – On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg & remove_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 8.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9225?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Seopress Seopress.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9225?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9225 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-2024-9225 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9225 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-2024-1168 SEOPress – On-site SEO <= 7.9 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Social Image URL
- 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
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qh4f-vg3h-qvf7.