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TI-2021-07396 Aliases CVE-2021-25118GHSA-946c-79cp-58mf

Yoast SEO 16.7-17.2 - Unauthenticated Full Path Disclosure

Priority LOW 33CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

The Yoast SEO WordPress plugin (from versions 16.7 until 17.2) discloses the full internal path of featured images in posts via the wp/v2/posts REST endpoints which could help an attacker identify other vulnerabilities or help during the exploitation of other identified vulnerabilities.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05632 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Yoast SEO (Unknown): 17.3

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownYoast SEO16.7 and later; 17.3 to before 17.317.3Patch availableCNA
  • Yoast SEO VendorUnknown Affected 16.7 and later; 17.3 to before 17.3 Fixed in 17.3 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*16.7 to before 17.3VulnerableYoast
  • cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions 16.7 to before 17.3 Vulnerable ·Yoast

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Yoast SEO (Unknown) Fixed in 17.3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-25118
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-946c-79cp-58mf

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2019-10120 The Yoast SEO plugin before 11.6-RC5 for WordPress does not properly restrict unfiltered HTML in term descriptions. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-13725 A Race condition vulnerability in unzip_file in admin/import/class-import-settings.php in… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.6
  • TI-2023-15596 WordPress Yoast SEO: Local Plugin <= 14.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2023-13285 WordPress Yoast SEO Premium plugin <= 20.4 - Unauthenticated Zapier API Key Reset vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2023-13295 WordPress Yoast SEO: Local Plugin <= 14.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2021-11783 The yoast_seo (aka Yoast SEO) extension before 7.2.1 for TYPO3 allows SSRF via a backend user account. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
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Sources

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