Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in platinum_seo_pack.php in the Platinum SEO plugin before 1.3.8 for WordPress allows remote attac…

published 2013-09-23 13y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-5752

cvss: 4.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.6%; EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in platinum_seo_pack.php in the Platinum SEO plugin before 1.3.8 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the s parameter.

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Exploit prediction

1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

osvdb.org http://osvdb.org/ref/97/platinum_seo.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

osvdb.org /ref/97/platinum_seo.txt
exploit
osvdb.org /97263
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-5918
NVD CVE-2013-5918

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