CVE-2025-14481
MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS 3.1
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.
Affected WordPress components
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Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Plugin · wordpress-seoUp to and including 26.5View on WordPress.org
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- yoast Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI — Up to and including 26.5
References
- 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
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/04b2123d-ae0c-4984-95f5-7040f8604c92?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record