VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2026-40722

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Yoast BV Yoast SEO Premium allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.19%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
EPSS: 0.19% probability · 8th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-862
Source: audit@patchstack.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wordpress-seo-premium/vulnerability/wordpress-yoast-seo-premium-plugin-26-6-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.