WordPress plugin
SEO Watcher <= 1.3.3 — Remote Code Execution
eec34b6a-aae7-4267-accd-96ebc6b71dd3Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.3.3No patch available
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
seo-watcher seo-watcher
- Affected≤ 1.3.3
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.3.3. No fixed version has been released.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under seo-watcher.
- 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
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch seo-watcher to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to wantexz.
The SEO Watcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 1.3.3. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code on 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 critical, CVSS 9.8
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.