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Yoast SEO Plugin for WordPress < 22.6 Cross-Site Scripting

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 114311

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Synopsis

Yoast SEO Plugin for WordPress < 22.6 Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The WordPress Yoast SEO Plugin installed on the remote host is affected by a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Yoast SEO Plugin for WordPress 22.6 or latest.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-seo/yoast-seo-225-reflected-cross-site-scripting

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 114311

Type: remote

Published: 6/20/2024

Updated: 6/20/2024

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4041

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4041

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4041