CVE-2024-4984

MEDIUM 6.4

Yoast SEO <= 22.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

CVSS Score

6.4

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘display_name’ author meta in all versions up to, and including, 22.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CWE	CWE-79
Vendor	yoast
Product	yoast seo – advanced seo with real-time guidance and built-in ai
Published	May 16, 2024
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

yoast / Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI

0 ≤ 22.6

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59bcd246-ca2f-4336-9a6e-89afe873ed25?source=cve github.com: https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/pull/21334 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3079234/wordpress-seo/trunk/src/presenters/slack/enhanced-data-presenter.php developer.yoast.com: https://developer.yoast.com/changelog/yoast-seo/22.7/

Credits

rob006