CVE-2026-9643 PUBLISHED

WP Meta SEO <= 4.5.18 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI in 404 Logging

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 26.05.2026 Published: 24.06.2026 Updated: 24.06.2026

The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the REQUEST_URI server variable in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.18. When the plugin's wpmsTemplateRedirect() hook detects a 404, it concatenates $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] with the raw $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] and inserts that value verbatim into the wp_wpms_links.link_url column via $wpdb->insert(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute whenever an administrator views the plugin's 404 & Redirects admin page (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=metaseo_broken_link).

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.2

Product Status

Vendor joomunited
Product WP Meta SEO
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.5.18 (incl.)

Credits

  • melquisedeq ortiz finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE