Name: CVE-2019-13478: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-13478, CWE-79, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.03304

The Yoast SEO plugin before 11.6-RC5 for WordPress does not properly restrict unfiltered HTML in term descriptions.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.9
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Wordpress Seo Plugin	—	Update wordpress-seo plugin to version 11.6-RC5, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Jul 9, 2019

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