Critical Vulnerabilities in All in One SEO Plugin Affects Millions of WordPress Websites

Security Risk: High

Exploitation Level: Easy

CVSS Score: 9.9 / 7.7

Vulnerability: Privilege Escalation, SQL Injection

Patched Version: 4.1.5.3

Last week, security researcher at Automattic Marc Montpas recently discovered two severe security vulnerabilities within one of the most popular SEO plugins used by WordPress website owners: All in One SEO. The plugin is used by more than three million websites and if left unpatched could cause some serious headaches for WordPress users.

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