SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO: known security problems
18 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
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In short
There are 18 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 10.4 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
Based on public reports. Check the plugin’s changelog. Watchfox AI may be wrong.
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Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 10.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 10.3
- Fixed in
- 10.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 10.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-116535
- Report title
- SEOPress <= 10.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'display_name' Profile Field via %%archive_title%% Template Tag
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 10.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 10.2
- Fixed in
- 10.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 10.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-101357
- Report title
- SEOPress <= 10.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'seopress_google_analytics_matomo_id' Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 10.2
- Fixed in
- 10.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 10.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-96564
- Report title
- SEOPress <= 10.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Author Display Name
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 10.1
- Fixed in
- 10.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 10.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-85305
- Report title
- SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO <= 10.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 8.1.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.1.1
- Fixed in
- 8.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 8.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-50455
- Report title
- SEOPress <= 8.1.1 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 8.1.1) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.1.1
- Fixed in
- 8.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 8.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-50454
- Report title
- SEOPress <= 8.1.1 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 8.1.1) (3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.1.1
- Fixed in
- 8.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 8.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-50456
- Report title
- SEOPress <= 8.1.1 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 8.1.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 8.1.1
- Fixed in
- 8.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 8.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-9225
- Report title
- SEOPress – On-site SEO <= 8.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.9)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.9
- Fixed in
- 7.9.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 7.9.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1168
- Report title
- SEOPress – On-site SEO <= 7.9 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Social Image URL
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could in some setups, take over your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.8
- Fixed in
- 7.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 7.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-5488
- Report title
- SEOPress <= 7.8 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.7.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.7.2
- Fixed in
- 7.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 7.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-4899
- Report title
- SEOPress <= 7.7.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could send your visitors from your site to a harmful site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.7.2
- Fixed in
- 7.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 7.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-4900
- Report title
- SEOPress <= 7.7.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Open Redirect
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.5.2.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.5.2.1
- Fixed in
- 7.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 7.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1134
- Report title
- SEOPress – On-site SEO <= 7.5.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.6.1
- Fixed in
- 7.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 7.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-34383
- Report title
- SEOPress <= 7.6.1 - Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an author account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.5.2.1
- Fixed in
- 7.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 7.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-2165
- Report title
- SEOPress – On-site SEO <= 7.5.2.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 7.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.2
- Fixed in
- 7.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 7.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-6290
- Report title
- SEOPress – On-site SEO <= 7.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone who already has an admin account could in some setups, take over your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 6.5.0.2
- Fixed in
- 6.5.0.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 6.5.0.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-1669
- Report title
- SEOPress <= 6.5.0.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (from 5.0.0 up to and including 5.0.0; from 5.0.1 up to and including 5.0.1; from 5.0.2 up to and including 5.0.2; from 5.0.3 up to and including 5.0.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 5.0.0 up to and including 5.0.0
- From 5.0.1 up to and including 5.0.1
- From 5.0.2 up to and including 5.0.2
- From 5.0.3 up to and including 5.0.3
- Fixed in
- 5.0.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO to version 5.0.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-34641
- Report title
- SEOPress 5.0.0 - 5.0.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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