🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2024-9019

MEDIUM 6.4

SecuPress Free — WordPress Security <= 2.2.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via secupress_check_ban_ips_form Shortcode

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The SecuPress Free — WordPress Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's secupress_check_ban_ips_form shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor secupress
Product secupress with simple ssl – simple and performant security
Published Feb 28, 2025
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

secupress / SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security
0 ≤ 2.2.5.3

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/56e842c8-61ac-4281-8c4a-9cb1f8ecc062?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3247754/secupress

Credits

Brian Sans-Souci