CVE-2024-4984 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-4984: Yoast SEO <= 22.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vendor Yoast
Product Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published May 16, 2024
Last update April 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

6.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

Description

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.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

May 16, 2024 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated