The SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Author Display Name in all versions up to, and including, 10.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the 'Track Authors' custom dimension to be configured in the plugin's Google Analytics 4 or Matomo settings, and the attacker must be able to publish public singular content (e.g., via bbPress forum topics) so that the injected display name is rendered in the tracking script.
History

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Rainbowgeek
Rainbowgeek seopress – Ai Seo Plugin & On-site Seo
Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions seopress
Vendors & Products Rainbowgeek
Rainbowgeek seopress – Ai Seo Plugin & On-site Seo
Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions seopress

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description The SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Author Display Name in all versions up to, and including, 10.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the 'Track Authors' custom dimension to be configured in the plugin's Google Analytics 4 or Matomo settings, and the attacker must be able to publish public singular content (e.g., via bbPress forum topics) so that the injected display name is rendered in the tracking script.
Title SEOPress <= 10.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Author Display Name
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2026-10-03T05:29:15.453Z

Updated: 2026-10-03T15:42:44.878Z

Reserved: 2026-09-23T13:18:39.398Z

Link: CVE-2026-96564

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-03T15:39:22.762Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-03T06:16:47.607

Modified: 2026-10-06T15:04:52.637

Link: CVE-2026-96564

cve-icon Redhat

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