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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2023-1029 EUVD-2023-23321GHSA-jc77-pmhr-6hcm

WP Meta SEO <= 4.5.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via 'regenerateSitemaps'

Published Feb 24, 2023 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

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 function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to regenerate Sitemaps via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
joomunited WP Meta SEO ≤ 4.5.3 —

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