---
id: CVE-2026-116535
title: >-
  SEOPress <= 10.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via
  'display_name' Profile Field via %%archive_title%% Template Tag
summary: >-
  The SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable
  to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' parameter in all
  versions up to, and including, 10.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and
  output es…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: rainbowgeek
product: SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO
affected:
  - seopress_ai_seo_plugin_on-site_seo <= 10.3
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-01T17:34:19.802986Z'
published: '2026-10-31'
updated: '2026-11-01'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-01T17:44:27.834Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116535'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6651c932-aa60-485b-bb5b-b66d5a8963ae?source=cve
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-seopress/tags/10.3/inc/functions/options-social.php#L533
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-seopress/tags/10.3/inc/functions/options-social.php#L542
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-seopress/tags/10.3/inc/functions/options-social.php#L1104
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-seopress/tags/10.3/inc/functions/options-social.php#L1112
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-seopress/tags/10.3/inc/functions/variables/dynamic-variables.php#L340
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-seopress/tags/10.3/inc/functions/options-titles-metas.php#L403
  - url: 'https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-seopress/trunk/'
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3772366/wp-seopress/trunk/inc/functions/options-social.php
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00235
epssPercentile: 0.14537
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T19:30:42.595Z'
---

## Overview

The SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 10.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is exploitable by any Subscriber who sets their display_name to a string containing the literal %%archive_title%% token alongside HTML event-handler payloads, as WordPress stores display names without HTML filtering and the plugin substitutes the token after escaping has already occurred.

## Affected

- `seopress_ai_seo_plugin_on-site_seo <= 10.3`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.