WP Meta SEO <= 4.5.12 — Information Exposure via Meta Description
CVE-2023-6962Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.5.12Update to 4.5.13 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
WP Meta SEO wp-meta-seo
- Affected≤ 4.5.12
- Patched in4.5.13
Update to 4.5.13 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.5.12. Version 4.5.13 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP Meta SEO.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 4.5.13, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP Meta SEO to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Krzysztof Zając.
The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.12 via the meta description. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disclose potentially sensitive information via the meta description of password-protected posts.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 18| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery via 'new_link' Parameter ≤4.5.18No patch available | CVE-2026-11370 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI in 404 Logging ≤4.5.18No patch available | CVE-2026-9643 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.5.13Update to 4.5.14 | CVE-2024-45456 | |
| Medium4.4 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.5.13Update to 4.5.14 | CVE-2024-45455 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Referer header ≤4.5.12Update to 4.5.13 | CVE-2023-6961 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery via 'new_link' Parameter
≤4.5.18No patch available
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI in 404 Logging
≤4.5.18No patch available
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.5.13Update to 4.5.14
- Medium4.4Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.5.13Update to 4.5.14
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Referer header
≤4.5.12Update to 4.5.13
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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