CVE-2022-1628

Published: Sep 6, 2022Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.4

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 2.3 / Impact: 2.7

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Coleds: Simple Seo

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Coleds Simple Seo	Up to 1.7.91

Related CWEs

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

References (4)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2754807%40cds-simple-seo&new=2754807%40cds-simple-seo&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Source: security@wordfence.com

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1628

Source: security@wordfence.com

Third Party Advisory

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2754807%40cds-simple-seo&new=2754807%40cds-simple-seo&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1628

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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