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CVE-2023-1029: The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the regenerateSitemaps

medium Affects wp-meta-seo (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the regenerateSitemaps

Package
wp-meta-seo (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=4.5.3
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.3
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (22.2th percentile)
Published
2023-02-24
Source
nvd

References

CWE-352
NVD recordwp-meta-seo (WordPress plugin) advisories

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