Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 Cross-Site Request Forgery via duplicate_post_dismiss_notice
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the duplicate_post_dismiss_notice handler, which verifies no nonce or capability. Attackers can trick any authenticated user into sending a request that sets the duplicate_post_show_notice site option, suppressing admin notices network-wide.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-53739
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8jhr-hxr5-g2rc
References
Other 1
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Sources
- CVE-2026-53739 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-53739 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8jhr-hxr5-g2rc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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