CVE-2023-2029
PrePost SEO <= 3.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- WPScan
Description
The PrePost SEO WordPress plugin through 3.0 does not properly sanitize some of its settings, which could allow high-privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4889ad5a-c8c4-4958-b176-64560490497b (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By WPScan
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 19 months later
· 19 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.63% · top 49% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.
Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Affected products
- affected ≤ 3.0
References (2)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4889ad5a-c8c4-4958-b176-64560490497b (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173729/WordPress-PrePost-SEO-3.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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