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CVE-2019-13478
The Yoast SEO plugin before 11.6-RC5 for WordPress does not properly restrict unfiltered HTML in term descriptions.
Critical9.9EPSS 3.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The Yoast SEO plugin before 11.6-RC5 for WordPress does not properly restrict unfiltered HTML in term descriptions.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| mitreCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical9.9 | CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:L/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/releases/tag/11.6-RC5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9445 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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