vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: wordpress-seo: CVE-2019-13478: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jul 9, 2019 | May 15, 2025 | May 5, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 9, 2019
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026
Description
The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via term descriptions in versions up to, and including, 11.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with post editor access to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Solution
wordpress-seo-plugin-cve-2019-13478
References
Rapid7 Labs
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