CVE-2025-14481

MEDIUM 4.3

Yoast SEO <= 26.5 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via 'post_id' Parameter

CVSS Score

4.3

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object References in all versions up to, and including, 26.5. This is due to insufficient authorization checks in the Meta Search REST API endpoint that fail to verify post ownership. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read sensitive SEO metadata from any post on the site via the 'post_id' parameter, including posts owned by other users, private posts, and draft posts.

CWE	CWE-862
Vendor	yoast
Product	yoast seo – advanced seo with real-time guidance and built-in ai
Published	May 27, 2026
Last Updated	May 27, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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 ≤ 26.5

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/04b2123d-ae0c-4984-95f5-7040f8604c92?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/trunk/src/routes/meta-search-route.php#L56 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/26.4/src/routes/meta-search-route.php#L56 github.com: https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/pull/22797 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3412286/wordpress-seo#file163

Credits

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