CVE-2024-4041

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.1
Exploit probability—
ProductYoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI
PublishedMay 14, 2024
First seenMay 14, 2024

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
yoast Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AIv ≤ 22.5—

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