CVE-2023-40680

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40680
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-40680.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-40680
Published
2023-11-30T12:21:54.791Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:20.556453564Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
WordPress Yoast SEO Plugin <= 21.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Team Yoast Yoast SEO allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Yoast SEO: from n/a through 21.0.

Database specific 
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    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "21.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "source": "DESCRIPTION",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "21.0"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-79"
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "Patchstack"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/yoast/wordpress-seo

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/yoast/wordpress-seo
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
bb25730ea60d1f4540df36e5463994d87cef4fa2
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "21.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.4.15
1.4.18
1.4.20
1.4.21
1.4.22
1.4.23
1.4.24
1.4.25
1.5.0
1.5.1
1.5.2
1.5.2.1
1.5.2.2
1.5.2.3
1.5.2.4
1.5.5
1.5.5.1
1.5.5.2
1.5.5.3
1.5.6
1.6
1.6.1
1.6.2
1.6.3
1.8-beta
10.*
10.0
10.0.1
10.1
10.1.1
10.1.2
10.1.3
11.*
11.0
11.1
11.1.1
11.2
11.2.1
11.3
11.4
11.5
11.6
11.7
11.8
11.9
12.*
12.0
12.1
12.2
12.3
12.4
12.5
12.5.1
12.6
12.6.1
12.6.2
12.7
12.7.1
12.8
12.8.1
12.9
12.9.1
13.*
13.0
13.1
13.2
13.3
13.4
13.5
14.*
14.0
14.0.1
14.0.2
14.0.3
14.0.4
14.1
14.2
14.3
14.4
14.4.1
14.5
14.6
14.6.1
14.7
14.8
14.8.1
14.9
15.*
15.0
15.1
15.1.1
15.2
15.2.1
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.6
15.6.1
15.6.2
15.7
15.8
15.8.1-RC1
15.9
15.9.1
15.9.2
16.*
16.0
16.0.1
16.0.2
16.1
16.1.1
16.2
16.3
16.4
16.5
16.6
16.6.1
16.7
16.8
16.9
17.*
17.0
17.1
17.2
17.2.1
17.3
17.4
17.5
17.6
17.7
17.7.1
17.8
17.9
18.*
18.0
18.1
18.2
18.3
18.4.1
18.5
18.5.1
18.6
18.7
18.8
18.9
19.*
19.0
19.1
19.10
19.11
19.12
19.13
19.14
19.2
19.3
19.4
19.5
19.5.1
19.6
19.6.1
19.7
19.7.1
19.7.2
19.8
19.9
2.*
2.0
2.0.1
2.1
2.1.1
2.2
2.2.1
2.3
2.3.1
2.3.2
20.*
20.0
20.1
20.10
20.11
20.12
20.13
20.2
20.2.1
20.3
20.4
20.5
20.6
20.7
20.8
20.9
21.*
21.0
3.*
3.0
3.0.1
3.0.2
3.0.3
3.0.4
3.0.5
3.0.6
3.3.1
3.4
3.7.0
4.*
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
5.*
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.3.1
5.3.2
5.3.3
5.4.0
5.4.1
5.4.2
5.5
5.5.1
5.6
5.6.1
5.7
5.7.1
5.8
5.9
5.9.1
5.9.2
5.9.3
6.*
6.0
6.1
6.1.1
6.2
6.3
6.3.1
7.*
7.0
7.0.1
7.0.2
7.0.3
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.4.1
7.4.2
7.5
7.5.1
7.5.3
7.6
7.6.1
7.7
7.7.1
7.7.2
7.7.3
7.8
7.9
7.9.1
8.*
8.0
8.1
8.1.1
8.1.2
8.2
8.2.1
8.3
8.4
9.*
9.0
9.0.1
9.0.2
9.0.3
9.1
9.2
9.2.1
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.7

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-40680.json"