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Simple SEO vulnerabilities
Simple SEO has 3 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 14 Oct 2025.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 3
- Active installs
- 10,000+
- Latest version
- 2.0.38
- Last updated
- 23 Sep 2026
- Most recent
- 14 Oct 2025
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2025-10357 | Medium 6.1 | Before 2.0.32 | Fixed in 2.0.32 | 14 Oct 2025 |
| Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) CVE-2022-44627 | Medium 5.4 | Up to 1.8.12 | Fixed in a later version (latest 2.0.38) | 3 Nov 2022 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2022-1628 | Medium 6.4 | Up to 1.7.91 | Fixed in a later version (latest 2.0.38) | 6 Sep 2022 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2025-10357, 14 Oct 2025
- The Simple SEO WordPress plugin before 2.0.32 does not sanitise and escape some parameters when outputing them in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks. CVE record
- CVE-2022-44627, 3 Nov 2022
- Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in David Cole Simple SEO plugin <= 1.8.12 on WordPress allows attackers to create or delete sitemaps. CVE record
- CVE-2022-1628, 6 Sep 2022
- The Simple SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to attribute-based stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including 1.7.91, due to insufficient sanitization or escaping on the SEO social and standard title parameters. This can be exploited by authenticated users with Contributor and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts into posts/pages that execute whenever an administrator access the page. CVE record
What to do if you run Simple SEO
If you run Simple SEO, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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