Medium · 5.9 CVE-2023-40680 EUVD-2023-45236GHSA-h5fw-7h4g-p3xc

WordPress Yoast SEO Plugin <= 21.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Published Nov 30, 2023 · Updated Apr 28, 2026 · Assigned by Patchstack

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Team Yoast Yoast SEO allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Yoast SEO: from n/a through 21.0.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
Team Yoast	Yoast SEO	≤ 21.0	—

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wordpress-seo/wordpress-yoast-seo-plugin-21-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve vdb-entry