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 · 9th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-862
Source: audit@patchstack.com

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. Refreshed daily.