Known vulnerabilities in Simple SEO

Allows the modification of META titles, descriptions and keywords for all pages and posts. Also allows for default setting for of META title, descript …

5Reported vulnerabilities

8.8Highest CVSS score

2.0.36Latest version

10,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Simple SEO to 2.0.32 or later. 5 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 6, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2022-36404	High 8.8	0.2%	1.8.12 and earlier	`1.8.13`	October 20, 2022
CVE-2025-10357	Medium 6.4	0.2%	2.0.31 and earlier	`2.0.32`	September 23, 2025
WF-9a83f381-a8ce-472d-a202-f7d7f22fd650	Medium 6.1	—	1.7.91 and earlier	`1.7.92`	July 12, 2022
CVE-2022-44627	Medium 5.4	0.3%	1.8.12 and earlier	`1.8.13`	November 3, 2022
CVE-2023-45269	Medium 5.4	0.2%	2.0.25 and earlier	`2.0.26`	October 6, 2023

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.