CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-16842
4.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-11-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php in the Yoast SEO plugin before 5.8.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.
Affected configurations
• yoast wordpress seo (< 5.8.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145080/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1766831/wordpress-seo/trunk/admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#developers Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145080/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1766831/wordpress-seo/trunk/admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#developers Release Notes, Third Party Advisory