Stored XSS via unsanitized Account API key
Published Jul 10, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Stored XSS in the Enzipe PrePost SEO WordPress plugin 3.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute script via plugin settings. The Account API key setting accepts an HTML payload without proper sanitization, stores it, and renders it so the embedded event handler executes when the saved setting is viewed. Administrator-level access is required to store the payload, and script execution occurs only when a viewer loads the saved setting, including where WordPress denies unfiltered_html in multisite.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in the Enzipe PrePost SEO WordPress plugin 3.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute script via plugin settings. The Account API key setting accepts an HTML payload without proper sanitization, stores it, and renders it so the embedded event handler executes when the saved setting is viewed. Administrator-level access is required to store the payload, and script execution occurs only when a viewer loads the saved setting, including where WordPress denies unfiltered_html in multisite.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-2029
- Published
- Jul 10, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Enzipe
- Product
- PrePost SEO
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 10, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=3.0
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Account API key stored XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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