Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Sep 6, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-1628
CVE-2022-1628
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 products
3cpe:2.3:a:coleds:simple_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:coleds:simple_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*range: <=1.7.91
- (no CPE)range: 1.7.91
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/nvdThird Party Advisory
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