Vigil@nce - WordPress Yoast SEO: Cross Site Scripting
September 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting of WordPress Yoast
SEO, in order to run JavaScript code in the context of the web
site.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: client access/rights.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 10/07/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Yoast SEO plugin can be installed on WordPress.
However, it does not filter received data before inserting them in
generated HTML documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting of
WordPress Yoast SEO, in order to run JavaScript code in the
context of the web site.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting-29731