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Every flaw the U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency (CISA) has confirmed attackers are using, plus the new WordPress plugin and theme bugs published each day, sorted by what they mean for a small business. We refresh it twice a day. If you see something your website or office runs, tell us.

1,764exploited flaws on CISA’s list

35added in the last 30 days

479new WordPress flaws this week

390,525entries in the database

19 results

Sep 2, 2026Yoast SEO Premium: Does not sanitize control characters from redirect origins before writing them to the site's Apache configuration fileCVE-2026-10821 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanMedium 6.6
The Yoast SEO Premium WordPress plugin before 27.6.1 does not sanitize control characters from redirect origins before writing them to the site's Apache configuration file when the file-based redirect mode is enabled, and the redirect-creation endpoint is reachable by users with only Author-level access. This allows such users to inject arbitrary newline-delimited Apache directives into the root .htaccess file. On Apache servers that honour PHP directives, the injection can be chained with the user's own media upload (a polyglot image carrying a PHP payload) and an auto_prepend_file directive to achieve Remote Code Execution.
Product
Yoast SEO Premium
Fixed in
27.6.1
What to do
Update Yoast SEO Premium to 27.6.1 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD record wpscan.com yoast.com
Jul 25, 2026Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-15425 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
The Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Slug (post_name) in all versions up to, and including, 28.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires pretty permalinks to be enabled, as the exploit chain depends on get_permalink() embedding the stored percent-encoded post_name in the generated URL.
Product
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI
Affected
up to 28.0
What to do
Affects up to 28.0. Update Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record plugins.trac.wordpress.org plugins.trac.wordpress.org
Jul 2, 2026Contributor Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Surbma | Yoast SEO Breadcrumb Shortcode <= 1.2 versions.CVE-2026-57764 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by PatchstackMedium 6.5
Contributor Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Surbma | Yoast SEO Breadcrumb Shortcode <= 1.2 versions.
What to do
Update the plugin to the newest version.
Full record and what to do →NVD record patchstack.com
Jun 17, 2026Yoast SEO Premium: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2026-40722 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.5
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.
Product
Yoast SEO Premium
Affected
up to 26.6
What to do
Affects up to 26.6. Update Yoast SEO Premium to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record patchstack.com
May 27, 2026Yoast SEO: Insecure Direct Object ReferencesCVE-2025-14481 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.3
The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object References in all versions up to, and including, 26.5. This is due to insufficient authorization checks in the Meta Search REST API endpoint that fail to verify post ownership. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read sensitive SEO metadata from any post on the site via the 'post_id' parameter, including posts owned by other users, private posts, and draft posts.
Product
Yoast SEO
Affected
up to 26.5
What to do
Affects up to 26.5. Update Yoast SEO to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record github.com plugins.trac.wordpress.org
Mar 22, 2026Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-3427 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
The Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the the `jsonText` block attribute in all versions up to, and including, 27.1.1 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.
Product
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI
Affected
up to 27.1.1
What to do
Affects up to 27.1.1. Update Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record github.com plugins.trac.wordpress.org
Feb 6, 2026Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-1293 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
The Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the the `yoast-schema` block attribute in all versions up to, and including, 26.8 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.
Product
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI
Affected
up to 26.8
What to do
Affects up to 26.8. Update Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record plugins.trac.wordpress.org plugins.trac.wordpress.org
Jan 23, 2026Turn Yoast SEO FAQ Block to Accordion: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2026-24591 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by PatchstackMedium 6.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in yasir129 Turn Yoast SEO FAQ Block to Accordion faq-schema-block-to-accordion allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Turn Yoast SEO FAQ Block to Accordion: from n/a through <= 1.0.6.
Product
Turn Yoast SEO FAQ Block to Accordion
Affected
up to 1.0.6
What to do
Affects up to 1.0.6. Update Turn Yoast SEO FAQ Block to Accordion to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record patchstack.com
Jan 9, 2026BIALTY - Bulk Image Alt Text (Alt tag, Alt Attribute) with Yoast SEO + WooCommerce: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2025-15019 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
The BIALTY - Bulk Image Alt Text (Alt tag, Alt Attribute) with Yoast SEO + WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'bialty_cs_alt' post meta in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1 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 an administrator accesses the post editor.
Product
BIALTY - Bulk Image Alt Text (Alt tag, Alt Attribute) with Yoast SEO + WooCommerce
Affected
up to 2.2.1
What to do
Affects up to 2.2.1. Update BIALTY - Bulk Image Alt Text (Alt tag, Alt Attribute) with Yoast SEO + WooCommerce to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record plugins.trac.wordpress.org wordfence.com
Oct 2, 2025Yoast SEO Premium: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2025-11241 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
The Yoast SEO Premium plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions 25.7 to 25.9 due to a flawed regex used to remove an attribute in post content, which can be abused to inject arbitrary HTML attributes, including JavaScript event handlers. This vulnerability allows a user with Contributor access or higher to create a post containing a malicious JavaScript payload.
Product
Yoast SEO Premium
Affected
25.7 to 25.9
What to do
Affects 25.7 to 25.9. Update Yoast SEO Premium to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record developer.yoast.com sec.stealthcopter.com
Jun 11, 2024Yoast SEO Premium: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2023-28775 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.3
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Yoast Yoast SEO Premium.This issue affects Yoast SEO Premium: from n/a through 20.4.
Product
Yoast SEO Premium
Affected
up to 20.4
What to do
Affects up to 20.4. Update Yoast SEO Premium to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record patchstack.com patchstack.com
May 15, 2024Yoast SEO: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2024-4984 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
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.
Product
Yoast SEO
Affected
up to 22.6
What to do
Affects up to 22.6. Update Yoast SEO to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record developer.yoast.com github.com
May 14, 2024Yoast SEO: Reflected Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2024-4041 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.1
The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URLs in all versions up to, and including, 22.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Product
Yoast SEO
Affected
up to 22.5
What to do
Affects up to 22.5. Update Yoast SEO to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record plugins.trac.wordpress.org plugins.trac.wordpress.org
Nov 30, 2023Yoast SEO: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2023-40680 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.9
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.
Product
Yoast SEO
Affected
up to 21.0
What to do
Affects up to 21.0. Update Yoast SEO to the newest version and check its changelog mentions this fix; if there isn’t one yet, deactivate it until there is.
Full record and what to do →NVD record patchstack.com patchstack.com
Feb 28, 2022The Yoast SEO WordPress plugin (from versions 16.7 until 17.2) discloses the full internal path of featured images in posts via the wp/v2/posts REST endpoints wCVE-2021-25118 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanMedium 5.3
The Yoast SEO WordPress plugin (from versions 16.7 until 17.2) discloses the full internal path of featured images in posts via the wp/v2/posts REST endpoints which could help an attacker identify other vulnerabilities or help during the exploitation of other identified vulnerabilities.
What to do
Update the plugin to the newest version.
Full record and what to do →NVD record plugins.trac.wordpress.org wpscan.com
Apr 5, 2021A Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was discovered in the Yoast SEO WordPress plugin before 3.4.1, which had built-in blacklist filters which were blackCVE-2021-24153 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by WPScanMedium 5.4
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was discovered in the Yoast SEO WordPress plugin before 3.4.1, which had built-in blacklist filters which were blacklisting Parenthesis as well as several functions such as alert but bypasses were found.
Product
Yoast SEO
Fixed in
3.4.1
What to do
Update Yoast SEO to 3.4.1 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD record packetstormsecurity.com plugins.trac.wordpress.org
Jul 9, 2019The Yoast SEO plugin before 11.6-RC5 for WordPress does not properly restrict unfiltered HTML in term descriptions.CVE-2019-13478 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITRECritical 9.8
The Yoast SEO plugin before 11.6-RC5 for WordPress does not properly restrict unfiltered HTML in term descriptions.
Product
Yoast SEO
Fixed in
11.6-RC5
What to do
Update Yoast SEO to 11.6-RC5 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD record github.com wpvulndb.com
Nov 28, 2018A Race condition vulnerability in unzip_file in admin/import/class-import-settings.php in the Yoast SEO (wordpress-seo) plugin before 9.2.0 for WordPress allowsCVE-2018-19370 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 6.6
A Race condition vulnerability in unzip_file in admin/import/class-import-settings.php in the Yoast SEO (wordpress-seo) plugin before 9.2.0 for WordPress allows an SEO Manager to perform command execution on the Operating System via a ZIP import.
Product
A Race condition vulnerability in unzip_file in admin/import/class-import-settings.php in the Yoast SEO (wordpress-seo)
Fixed in
9.2.0
What to do
Update A Race condition vulnerability in unzip_file in admin/import/class-import-settings.php in the Yoast SEO (wordpress-seo) to 9.2.0 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD record github.com wordpress.org
Nov 15, 2017Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php in the Yoast SEO plugin before 5.8.0 for WordPress allows remote attCVE-2017-16842 · WordPress plugins & themes · reported by MITREMedium 4.8
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php in the Yoast SEO plugin before 5.8.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.
Product
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php in the Yoast SEO
Fixed in
5.8.0
What to do
Update Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php in the Yoast SEO to 5.8.0 or newer.
Full record and what to do →NVD record packetstormsecurity.com plugins.trac.wordpress.org

Where this comes from: the exploited list is CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Everything else is the whole National Vulnerability Database, where each record is published by the team that found the bug (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan, the vendors themselves and others); we show who. Exploit odds are FIRST’s EPSS, updated daily. Titles and categories are ours, so check the linked record before acting on a detail. For a write-up of the big ones, see our advisories. Every vendor, and every WordPress plugin and theme with a recorded flaw, also has its own page. All of it is free to reuse as JSON, CSV or RSS.

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