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GetGenie <= 4.3.2 — Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via REST API

CVE-2026-2257Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤4.3.2Update to 4.3.3 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
Medium6.4
CVSS
6.4
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:C Scope
Changed
C:L Confidentiality
Low
I:L Integrity
Low
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

GetGenie – AI SEO Assistant & Content Writer with Keyword Research, AEO & GEO getgenie

  1. Affected≤ 4.3.2
  2. Patched in4.3.3

Update to 4.3.3 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 4.3.2. Version 4.3.3 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under GetGenie – AI SEO Assistant & Content Writer with Keyword Research, AEO & GEO.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 4.3.3, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch GetGenie – AI SEO Assistant & Content Writer with Keyword Research, AEO & GEO to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Quốc Huy (jtwings).

The GetGenie plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.2 due to missing validation on a user controlled key in the `action` function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to update post metadata for arbitrary posts. Combined with a lack of input sanitization, this leads to Stored Cross-Site Scripting when a higher-privileged user (such as an Administrator) views the affected post's "Competitor" tab in the GetGenie sidebar.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in GetGenie – AI SEO Assistant & Content Writer with Keyword Research, AEO & GEO

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More vulnerabilities in GetGenie – AI SEO Assistant & Content Writer with Keyword Research, AEO & GEO
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.4.3Update to 4.5.0
CVE-2026-65440
Medium4.3Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure
≤4.4.2Update to 4.4.3
CVE-2026-57316
Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure
≤4.4.1Update to 4.4.2
CVE-2026-54197
Medium5.4Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Post Overwrite/Deletion
≤4.3.2Update to 4.3.3
CVE-2026-2879
Medium4.3Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Post Deletion
≤4.3.0Update to 4.3.1
CVE-2026-1003

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 6.4

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
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.

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