TI-2026-29391 Aliases CVE-2026-40722 GHSA-4r43-8wg9-wrmf

WordPress Yoast SEO Premium plugin <= 26.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

LOW 24CWE-862Published 2026-06-17 · Updated 2026-06-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Low · Low
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Yoast BV Yoast SEO Premium allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Yoast SEO Premium: from n/a through 26.6.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00188 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Yoast	Yoast SEO Premium	up to 26.6	—	No fix listed	CNA

Yoast SEO Premium VendorYoast Affected up to 26.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40722
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4r43-8wg9-wrmf

References

Other 1

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wordpress-seo-premium/vulnerability/wordpress-yoast-seo-premium-plugin-26-6-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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Sources

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