Is SEOPress safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (10.4). As of 2026-11-01. 13 issues are on record for older versions; version 10.4 or newer fixes all of them that state a fix. Keep SEOPress on the latest version (10.4) and remove it if you do not use it.

Which versions of SEOPress are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (10.3 and older, fixed in 10.4); Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (10.2 and older, fixed in 10.3); Server-side request forgery (SSRF) (10.1 and older, fixed in 10.2); Missing authorization check (8.1.1 and older, fixed in 8.2); Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) (8.1.1 and older, fixed in 8.2); Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (7.9 and older, fixed in 7.9.1). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of SEOPress?

10.4, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2026-10-29). It has 300,000+ active installs.

What should I do if my SEOPress is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update wp-seopress). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · wp-seopress · data as of 2026-11-01

Is SEOPress safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Latest version: 10.4
Last updated: 2026-10-29
Active installs: 300,000+
Known issues on record: 13
Unpatched in latest: 0
Tested up to WP: 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+

WordPress SEO plugin with AI SEO metadata, schema, XML sitemap, redirections & Search Console. Privacy-first, white-label SEO. Now AI-ready. — by Benjamin Denis

What to do

Update to the latest version (10.4). Anything older than 10.4 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 wp-seopress --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update wp-seopress updates it.

Check your version

Known vulnerabilities

13 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 6.4 CVE-2026-116535 · published 2026-10-31

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (10.3 and older)

Affected: 10.3 and older
Fixed in: 10.4 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 10.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is exploitable by any Subscriber who sets their display_name to a string containing the literal %%archive_title%% token alongside HTML event-handler payloads, as WordPress stores display names without HTML filtering and the plugin substitutes the token after escaping has already occurred.

NVD CVE-2026-116535 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)plugins.svn.wordpress.org Plugin source

high 7.2 CVE-2026-96564 · published 2026-10-03

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (10.2 and older)

Affected: 10.2 and older
Fixed in: 10.3 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Author Display Name in all versions up to, and including, 10.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the 'Track Authors' custom dimension to be configured in the plugin's Google Analytics 4 or Matomo settings, and the attacker must be able to publish public singular content (e.g., via bbPress forum topics) so that the injected display name is rendered in the tracking script.

NVD CVE-2026-96564 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

medium 4.9 CVE-2026-101357 · published 2026-10-03

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (10.2 and older)

Affected: 10.2 and older
Fixed in: 10.3 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'seopress_google_analytics_matomo_id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 10.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires an administrator to have delegated the Analytics management capability to the Subscriber role via the plugin's Advanced > Security settings.

NVD CVE-2026-101357 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

medium 5.4 CVE-2026-85305 · published 2026-09-03

Server-side request forgery (SSRF) in SEOPress (10.1 and older)

Affected: 10.1 and older
Fixed in: 10.2
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

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in SEOPress allows Server Side Request Forgery. This issue affects SEOPress: from n/a through 10.1.

NVD CVE-2026-85305 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.3 CVE-2024-50454 · published 2024-10-29

Missing authorization check in SEOPress (8.1.1 and older)

Affected: 8.1.1 and older
Fixed in: 8.2
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 Benjamin Denis SEOPress wp-seopress allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects SEOPress: from n/a through <= 8.1.1.

NVD CVE-2024-50454 Patchstack advisory

high 8.8 CVE-2024-50455 · published 2024-10-29

Missing authorization check in SEOPress (8.1.1 and older)

Affected: 8.1.1 and older
Fixed in: 8.2
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2024-50455 Patchstack advisory

high 8.8 CVE-2024-50456 · published 2024-10-29

Missing authorization check in SEOPress (8.1.1 and older)

Affected: 8.1.1 and older
Fixed in: 8.2
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2024-50456 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.1 CVE-2024-9225 · published 2024-10-02

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (8.1.1 and older)

Affected: 8.1.1 and older
Fixed in: 8.2 *
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 SEOPress – On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg & remove_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 8.1.1. 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-2024-9225 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-1168 · published 2024-06-20

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (7.9 and older)

Affected: 7.9 and older
Fixed in: 7.9.1 *
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 SEOPress – On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's social image URL in all versions up to, and including, 7.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied image URLs. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

NVD CVE-2024-1168 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)wordpress.org

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-1134 · published 2024-05-24

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (7.5.2.1 and older)

Affected: 7.5.2.1 and older
Fixed in: 7.6 *
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 SEOPress – On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the SEO title and description parameters as well as others in all versions up to, and including, 7.5.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

NVD CVE-2024-1134 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 5.3 CVE-2024-34383 · published 2024-05-06

Missing authorization check in SEOPress (7.7.1 and older)

Affected: 7.7.1 and older
Fixed in: 7.7.2
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in The SEO Guys at SEOPress SEOPress.This issue affects SEOPress: from n/a through 7.7.1.

NVD CVE-2024-34383 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-2165 · published 2024-04-09

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (7.5.2.1 and older)

Affected: 7.5.2.1 and older
Fixed in: 7.6 *
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 SEOPress – On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the image alt parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.5.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

NVD CVE-2024-2165 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 5.4 CVE-2021-34641 · published 2021-08-16

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (5.0.0 only, 5.0.1 only, 5.0.2 only, 5.0.3 only)

Affected: 5.0.0 only, 5.0.1 only, 5.0.2 only, 5.0.3 only
Fixed in: 7.0 *
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 SEOPress WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site-Scripting via the processPut function found in the ~/src/Actions/Api/TitleDescriptionMeta.php file which allows authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions 5.0.0 - 5.0.3.

NVD CVE-2021-34641 Wordfence advisory Plugin source

Recent activity

2026-10-29 — latest release on wordpress.org (10.4).
2026-10-31 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-116535), fixed in 10.4.
2026-10-03 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-96564), fixed in 10.3.
2026-10-03 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-101357), fixed in 10.3.

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Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/wp-seopress (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-01.
Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-01. 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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Is SEOPress safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (10.4)

What to do

Check your version

Known vulnerabilities

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (10.3 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (10.2 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (10.2 and older)

Server-side request forgery (SSRF) in SEOPress (10.1 and older)

Missing authorization check in SEOPress (8.1.1 and older)

Missing authorization check in SEOPress (8.1.1 and older)

Missing authorization check in SEOPress (8.1.1 and older)

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (8.1.1 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (7.9 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (7.5.2.1 and older)

Missing authorization check in SEOPress (7.7.1 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (7.5.2.1 and older)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in SEOPress (5.0.0 only, 5.0.1 only, 5.0.2 only, 5.0.3 only)

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