vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: wordpress-seo: CVE-2021-25118: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Oct 5, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | May 4, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 5, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 4, 2026
Description
The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure in versions up to, and including, 17.2 via the /wp/v2/posts REST endpoints that discloses the full internal path of featured images from posts. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data which consists of full site path information which can be used to exploit other vulnerabilities.
Solution
wordpress-seo-plugin-cve-2021-25118
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25118
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f162e046-a7d3-4f2c-899d-6c46cb92c8ee?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-12030
- CVE-2021-25118
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-25118
- CWE-200
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-12030
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