CVE-2026-1293

MEDIUM EPSS 8.6%
Published Feb 6, 20264mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.4 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Feb 6, 2026 4mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the the `yoast-schema` block attribute in all versions up to, and including, 26.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.4
Exploitability
3.1
Impact
2.7
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
8.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

References 4

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/26.8/inc/class-wpseo-utils.php#L915
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/26.8/src/generators/schema-generator.php#L188
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/26.8/src/presenters/schema-presenter.php#L49
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8b2e7c2d-ed2f-439b-9cee-f2e5d46121b6?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.