Description

The SEO Tools WordPress plugin through 4.0.7 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-13853

Affected Products

Vendor: Unknown

Product: SEO Tools

Nuclei Template

http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-13853.yaml

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 1.93% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 81.84% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-09 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13853
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/52991dd9-41f7-4cf8-b8c9-56dd4e62bf0c/

Timeline