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8 vulnerabilities found for Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI by yoast

CVE-2026-3427 (GCVE-0-2026-3427)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-03-22 03:26 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:35
VLAI?
Title
Yoast SEO <= 27.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'jsonText' Block Attribute
Summary
The Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the the `jsonText` block attribute in all versions up to, and including, 27.1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yoast Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Affected: 0 , ≤ 27.1.1 (semver)
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Credits
Osvaldo Noe Gonzalez Del Rio
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CVE-2026-1293 (GCVE-0-2026-1293)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-02-06 11:21 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:05
VLAI?
Title
Yoast SEO <= 26.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'yoast-schema' Block Attribute
Summary
The Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the the `yoast-schema` block attribute in all versions up to, and including, 26.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yoast Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Affected: 0 , ≤ 26.8 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
suyoung kim
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CVE-2024-4984 (GCVE-0-2024-4984)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2024-05-16 02:02 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:54
VLAI?
Title
Yoast SEO <= 22.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘display_name’ author meta in all versions up to, and including, 22.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yoast Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Affected: 0 , ≤ 22.6 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
rob006
Show details on NVD website
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CVE-2024-4041 (GCVE-0-2024-4041)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2024-05-09 20:03 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:51
VLAI?
Title
Yoast SEO <= 22.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URLs in all versions up to, and including, 22.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yoast Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Affected: 0 , ≤ 22.5 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Bassem Essam
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CVE-2026-3427 (GCVE-0-2026-3427)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-22 03:26 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:35
VLAI?
Title
Yoast SEO <= 27.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'jsonText' Block Attribute
Summary
The Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the the `jsonText` block attribute in all versions up to, and including, 27.1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yoast Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Affected: 0 , ≤ 27.1.1 (semver)
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Credits
Osvaldo Noe Gonzalez Del Rio
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CVE-2026-1293 (GCVE-0-2026-1293)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-06 11:21 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:05
VLAI?
Title
Yoast SEO <= 26.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'yoast-schema' Block Attribute
Summary
The Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the the `yoast-schema` block attribute in all versions up to, and including, 26.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yoast Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Affected: 0 , ≤ 26.8 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
suyoung kim
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CVE-2024-4984 (GCVE-0-2024-4984)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-16 02:02 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:54
VLAI?
Title
Yoast SEO <= 22.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘display_name’ author meta in all versions up to, and including, 22.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yoast Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Affected: 0 , ≤ 22.6 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
rob006
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CVE-2024-4041 (GCVE-0-2024-4041)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-09 20:03 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:51
VLAI?
Title
Yoast SEO <= 22.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URLs in all versions up to, and including, 22.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yoast Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Affected: 0 , ≤ 22.5 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Bassem Essam
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