WordPress plugin
Google XML Sitemaps Generator < 3.2.9 — Authenticated (Admin+) PHP Code Injection
874130f0-7dc9-49fe-a7b0-e0be432799bdPublished · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.2.8Update to 3.2.9 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Google XML Sitemaps Generator google-xml-sitemaps-generator
- Affected≤ 3.2.8
- Patched in3.2.9
Update to 3.2.9 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.2.8. Version 3.2.9 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Google XML Sitemaps Generator.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 3.2.9, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Google XML Sitemaps Generator to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Akastep.
The Google XML Sitemaps Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Code Injection in versions before 3.2.9 via the 'sm_cf_home' and 'sm_cf_posts' parameters. This allows authenticated attackers with admin-level privileges to inject code onto the server.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.