VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-16842
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.
MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 1.34%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 3.0
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.34% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- yoast/wordpress seo
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145080/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1766831/wordpress-seo/trunk/admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.phpThird Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145080/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1766831/wordpress-seo/trunk/admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.phpThird Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.