CVE-2026-3427
MEDIUM
6.4
CVSS 3.1
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 `jsonText` block attribute in all versions up to, and including, 27.1.1 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.
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 27.1.1View 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 27.1.1
References
- github.com https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/pull/23035
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/27.0/inc/class-wpseo-utils.php#L915
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/27.0/src/generators/schema/howto.php#L125
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3475308/wordpress-seo
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fee1fef5-5716-49e0-a04e-d0dae527fcfc?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record