CVE-2023-40680 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-40680: WordPress Yoast SEO Plugin <= 21.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Team Yoast

Product Yoast SEO

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published November 30, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Team Yoast Yoast SEO allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Yoast SEO: from n/a through 21.0.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

November 30, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated