Yoast SEO <= 3.2.4 - Sensitive Data Exposure

5.3
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 6, 2016
Last Updated February 2, 2023
Researcher Panagiotis Vagenas - Wordfence

Description

The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure in versions up to, and including 3.2.4. This is due to privileged AJAX actions being executable by regular users. This makes it possible for registered attackers to extract sensitive data including Yoast SEO settings and post metadata relative to focus and term keywords.

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Vulnerability Details for Yoast SEO

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wordpress-seo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.2.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.4
Patched Version
  • 3.2.5

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