CVE-2024-2165 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The SEOPress – On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the image alt parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.5.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00224.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Seopress	Seopress

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:seopress:seopress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3056025%40wp-seopress%2Ftrunk&old=3047913%40wp-seopress%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file14
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/46e66230-06d6-452e-a7aa-862b2bb8c27d?source=cve

History

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-20

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Seopress Seopress seopress
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:seopress:seopress::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Seopress Seopress seopress

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-20

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-04-09T18:58:47.412Z

Updated: 2025-08-27T15:54:56.670Z

Reserved: 2024-03-04T15:05:36.092Z

Link: CVE-2024-2165

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T19:03:39.294Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-09T19:15:28.763

Modified: 2025-09-30T17:56:44.110

Link: CVE-2024-2165

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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