CVE-2025-14481

MEDIUM EPSS 20.5%
Published May 27, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
4.3 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published May 27, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.3
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
20.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-862 Missing Authorization Authorization

References 5

  • github.com https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/pull/22797
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/26.4/src/routes/meta-search-route.php#L56
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/trunk/src/routes/meta-search-route.php#L56
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3412286/wordpress-seo#file163
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/04b2123d-ae0c-4984-95f5-7040f8604c92?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.