What is CVE-2013-5918?

CVE-2013-5918 is a vulnerability in Platinum Seo Project Plugin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2013-09-23.

Is CVE-2013-5918 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Platinum Seo Project Plugin

CVE-2013-5918

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in platinum_seo_pack.php in the Platinum SEO plugin before 1.3.8 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the s parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2013-09-23 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Platinum Seo Project Plugin — versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
WordPress

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

osvdb.org/ref/97/platinum_seo.txt (Exploit)
www.osvdb.org/97263 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-5918?: CVE-2013-5918 is a vulnerability in Platinum Seo Project Plugin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2013-09-23.
Is CVE-2013-5918 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.