Simple Meta Tags

Simple Meta Tags has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; it remains unpatched as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.4, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Simple Meta Tags has no published fix yet, which makes virtual patching the only reliable mitigation. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2025.

All of these findings were reported by Nabil Irawan. Simple Meta Tags is installed on roughly 700 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 5.7.17.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

6.4/ 10

Patch Coverage0%

Open

Fixed

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Most severe open issueCVSS 6.4CVE-2025-60142

Simple Meta Tags <= 1.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2025-09-26 00:00	Simple Meta Tags <= 1.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Simple Meta Tags <= 1.5	`CVE-2025-60142`	6.4 Medium	Nabil Irawan	No

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Plugin Profile

Latestv1.5

Simple Meta Tags

Author

DaganLev

0.0(0)

0/100

Last Updated

2021-05-14 (5y ago)

Active Installs

700+

Downloads

38,022

Requires WP

3.1+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 5.7.17

Created

2011-04-06 (16y ago)

Allows you to set global meta tags and customize on each individual page/post. The plugin will generate the blog title and page title as default title tags if not specified otherwise.

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