CVE-2026-40722 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-40722: WordPress Yoast SEO Premium plugin <= 26.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Yoast Bv

Product Yoast SEO Premium

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published June 17, 2026

Last update June 17, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

Description

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.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

June 17, 2026 CVE published