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2 vulnerabilities found for Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI by yoast
CVE-2026-1293 (GCVE-0-2026-1293)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-02-06 11:21 – Updated: 2026-02-06 12:27
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)
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:
* , ≤ 26.8
(semver)
|
Credits
suyoung kim
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CVE-2026-1293 (GCVE-0-2026-1293)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-06 11:21 – Updated: 2026-02-06 12:27
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)
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:
* , ≤ 26.8
(semver)
|
Credits
suyoung kim
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