Plugins · seriously-simple-podcasting · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Seriously Simple Podcasting safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 3.17.1
- Last updated
- 2026-10-19
- Active installs
- 20,000+
- Known issues on record
- 17
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
Podcasting the way it's meant to be. No mess, no fuss - just you and your content taking over the world. — by Craig Hewitt
What to do
- Update to the latest version (3.17.1). Anything older than 3.17.1 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get seriously-simple-podcasting --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update seriously-simple-podcasting updates it.
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Known vulnerabilities
17 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 6.5 CVE-2026-112833 · published 2026-10-20
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.17.0 and older)
- Affected
- 3.17.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.17.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Castos Seriously Simple Podcasting seriously-simple-podcasting allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Seriously Simple Podcasting: from n/a through 3.17.0.
medium 5.3 CVE-2026-112834 · published 2026-10-20
Missing authorization check in Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.17.0 and older)
- Affected
- 3.17.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.17.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Castos Seriously Simple Podcasting seriously-simple-podcasting allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Seriously Simple Podcasting: from n/a through 3.17.0.
medium 5.3 CVE-2026-39505 · published 2026-04-08
Missing authorization check in Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.14.2 and older)
- Affected
- 3.14.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.14.3
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Craig Hewitt Seriously Simple Podcasting seriously-simple-podcasting allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Seriously Simple Podcasting: from n/a through <= 3.14.2.
medium 6.5 CVE-2026-24952 · published 2026-02-03
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.14.1 and older)
- Affected
- 3.14.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.14.2
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Craig Hewitt Seriously Simple Podcasting seriously-simple-podcasting allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Seriously Simple Podcasting: from n/a through <= 3.14.1.
medium 4.4 CVE-2026-24360 · published 2026-01-22
Server-side request forgery (SSRF) in Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.14.1 and older)
- Affected
- 3.14.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.14.2
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Craig Hewitt Seriously Simple Podcasting seriously-simple-podcasting allows Server Side Request Forgery.This issue affects Seriously Simple Podcasting: from n/a through <= 3.14.1.
medium 5.3 CVE-2025-66059 · published 2025-11-21
Information disclosure in Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.13.0 and older)
- Affected
- 3.13.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.14.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere vulnerability in Craig Hewitt Seriously Simple Podcasting seriously-simple-podcasting allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.This issue affects Seriously Simple Podcasting: from n/a through <= 3.13.0.
medium 5.3 CVE-2025-66060 · published 2025-11-21
Missing authorization check in Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.13.0 and older)
- Affected
- 3.13.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.14.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Craig Hewitt Seriously Simple Podcasting seriously-simple-podcasting allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Seriously Simple Podcasting: from n/a through <= 3.13.0.
medium 4.3 CVE-2025-66061 · published 2025-11-21
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.13.0 and older)
- Affected
- 3.13.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.14.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Craig Hewitt Seriously Simple Podcasting seriously-simple-podcasting allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Seriously Simple Podcasting: from n/a through <= 3.13.0.
medium 4.3 CVE-2025-62882 · published 2025-10-27
Missing authorization check in Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.13.0 and older)
- Affected
- 3.13.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.14.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Craig Hewitt Seriously Simple Podcasting seriously-simple-podcasting allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Seriously Simple Podcasting: from n/a through <= 3.13.0.
medium 5.9 CVE-2025-49923 · published 2025-10-22
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.11.1 and older)
- Affected
- 3.11.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.12.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Craig Hewitt Seriously Simple Podcasting seriously-simple-podcasting allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Seriously Simple Podcasting: from n/a through <= 3.11.1.
medium 4.8 CVE-2025-46261 · published 2025-04-24
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.9.0 and older)
- Affected
- 3.9.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.10.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Craig Hewitt Seriously Simple Podcasting seriously-simple-podcasting allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Seriously Simple Podcasting: from n/a through <= 3.9.0.
medium 6.1 CVE-2024-9667 · published 2024-11-05
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.5.0 and older)
- Affected
- 3.5.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.6.0 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
NVD CVE-2024-9667Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)wordpress.orgPlugin source
medium 4.8 CVE-2024-3751 · published 2024-07-13
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Seriously Simple Podcasting (older than 3.3.0)
- Affected
- older than 3.3.0
- Fixed in
- 3.3.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Seriously Simple Podcasting WordPress plugin before 3.3.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
medium 6.1 CVE-2024-25599 · published 2024-03-28
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Seriously Simple Podcasting (3.0.2 and older)
- Affected
- 3.0.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.1.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Craig Hewitt Seriously Simple Podcasting seriously-simple-podcasting.This issue affects Seriously Simple Podcasting: from n/a through <= 3.0.2.
medium 5.3 CVE-2023-6444 · published 2024-03-11
Security issue in Seriously Simple Podcasting (older than 3.0.0)
- Affected
- older than 3.0.0
- Fixed in
- 3.0.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Seriously Simple Podcasting WordPress plugin before 3.0.0 discloses the Podcast owner's email address (which by default is the admin email address) via an unauthenticated crafted request.
medium 5.4 CVE-2022-4571 · published 2023-01-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Seriously Simple Podcasting (older than 2.19.1)
- Affected
- older than 2.19.1
- Fixed in
- 2.19.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The Seriously Simple Podcasting WordPress plugin before 2.19.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
medium 4.3 CVE-2022-40132 · published 2022-09-23
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Seriously Simple Podcasting (2.16.0 and older)
- Affected
- 2.16.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.16.1 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin <= 2.16.0 at WordPress, leading to plugin settings change.
Recent activity
- 2026-10-19 — latest release on wordpress.org (3.17.1).
- 2026-10-20 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-112833), fixed in 3.17.1.
- 2026-10-20 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-112834), fixed in 3.17.1.
- 2026-04-08 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-39505), fixed in 3.14.3.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (8) · Missing authorization (4) · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (2) · Server-side request forgery (SSRF) (1) · Sensitive data exposure (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/seriously-simple-podcasting (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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