VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-1628

CVSS score6.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.63%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-09-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Simple SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to attribute-based stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including 1.7.91, due to insufficient sanitization or escaping on the SEO social and standard title parameters. This can be exploited by authenticated users with Contributor and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts into posts/pages that execute whenever an administrator access the page.

Weakness classification

  • security@wordfence.com: CWE-79
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-79

Primary references