CVE-2026-40722

MEDIUM 5.5

WordPress Yoast SEO Premium plugin <= 26.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

CVSS Score

5.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Yoast BV Yoast SEO Premium allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Yoast SEO Premium: from n/a through 26.6.

CWE	CWE-862
Vendor	yoast bv
Product	yoast seo premium
Published	Jun 17, 2026
Last Updated	Jun 17, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Affected Versions

Yoast BV / Yoast SEO Premium

n/a ≤ 26.6

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

patchstack.com: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wordpress-seo-premium/vulnerability/wordpress-yoast-seo-premium-plugin-26-6-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Credits

ilicfilip | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program