All In One SEO Pack <= 3.2.6 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

6.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2019-16520
CVSS 6.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 16, 2019
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Tobias Fink

Description

The all-in-one-seo-pack plugin before 3.2.7 for WordPress (aka All in One SEO Pack) is susceptible to Stored XSS due to improper encoding of the SEO-specific description for posts provided by the plugin via unsafe placeholder replacement.

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Vulnerability Details for All in One SEO – Powerful SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug all-in-one-seo-pack (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.2.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.6
Patched Version
  • 3.2.7

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