CVE-2017-16842

Yoast SEO <= 5.7.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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

6.1

CVSS Score

6.1

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

5.8.0

Patched in

2253d

Time to patch

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=5.7.1

PublishedNovember 22, 2017

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwordpress-seo

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fbc393a6-8357-47b2-9abd-aa611b09eb1c?source=api-prod

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