CVE-2019-13478

The Yoast SEO plugin before 11.6-RC5 for WordPress does not properly restrict unfiltered HTML in term descriptions.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/releases/tag/11.6-RC5	Release Notes
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9445	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/releases/tag/11.6-RC5	Release Notes
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9445	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo::::::wordpress::*
	cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo:11.6:rc1::::wordpress::*
	cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo:11.6:rc2::::wordpress::*
	cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo:11.6:rc3::::wordpress::*
	cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo:11.6:rc4::::wordpress::*

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:24

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/releases/tag/11.6-RC5 - Release Notes~~	() https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/releases/tag/11.6-RC5 - Release Notes
References	~~() https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9445 - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9445 - Third Party Advisory

24 Feb 2023, 19:34

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(MISC) https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9445 -~~	(MISC) https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9445 - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2019-07-09 23:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:24

NVD link : CVE-2019-13478

Mitre link : CVE-2019-13478

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-13478

JSON object : View

Products Affected

yoast

yoast_seo

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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