CVE-2024-9019

MEDIUM

SecuPress Free < 2.2.5.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via secupress_check_ban_ips_form Shortcode

Title source: llm

Description

The SecuPress Free — WordPress Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's secupress_check_ban_ips_form shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3247754/secupress

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/secupress/trunk/free/common.php#L238

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/56e842c8-61ac-4281-8c4a-9cb1f8ecc062?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.0020

EPSS Percentile 9.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (2)

secupress/secupress < 2.2.5.3

secupress/SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security < 2.2.5.3

Published Feb 28, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026