Xagio SEO – AI Powered SEO <= 7.1.0.30 — Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
CVE-2026-24968Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤7.1.0.30Update to 7.1.0.31 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:N/I:L/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:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Xagio SEO & AEO – AI SEO for Google Rankings & AI Visibility xagio-seo
- Affected≤ 7.1.0.30
- Patched in7.1.0.31
Update to 7.1.0.31 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 7.1.0.30. Version 7.1.0.31 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Xagio SEO & AEO – AI SEO for Google Rankings & AI Visibility.
- 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 7.1.0.31, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Xagio SEO & AEO – AI SEO for Google Rankings & AI Visibility to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to daroo.
The Xagio SEO – AI Powered SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 7.1.0.30. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
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
More in Xagio SEO & AEO – AI SEO for Google Rankings & AI Visibility
All 7| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤7.1.0.43Update to 7.1.0.44 | CVE-2026-78295 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery ≤7.1.0.30Update to 7.1.0.31 | CVE-2025-14438 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤7.1.0.37Update to 7.1.0.38 | CVE-2025-63025 | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Unprotected Back-Up Files ≤7.1.0.5Update to 7.1.0.6 | CVE-2024-13807 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'HTTP_REFERER' ≤7.1.0.16Update to 7.1.0.17 | CVE-2025-3302 |
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤7.1.0.43Update to 7.1.0.44
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery
≤7.1.0.30Update to 7.1.0.31
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤7.1.0.37Update to 7.1.0.38
- High7.5Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Unprotected Back-Up Files
≤7.1.0.5Update to 7.1.0.6
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'HTTP_REFERER'
≤7.1.0.16Update to 7.1.0.17
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. 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.
