Yoast SEO <= 3.4.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24153
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published August 2, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Hammad Shamsi
Description

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was discovered in the Yoast SEO WordPress plugin before 3.4.1, which had built-in blacklist filters which were blacklisting parentheses as well as several functions such as alert, but bypasses were found.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wordpress-seo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.4.1
Patched Version
  • 3.4.1
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