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GHSA-5H48-R6MR-R747

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-27 06:31 – Updated: 2026-05-27 06:31

Details

The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object References in all versions up to, and including, 26.5. This is due to insufficient authorization checks in the Meta Search REST API endpoint that fail to verify post ownership. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read sensitive SEO metadata from any post on the site via the 'post_id' parameter, including posts owned by other users, private posts, and draft posts.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2025-14481 (GCVE-0-2025-14481)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 04:28 – Updated: 2026-05-27 10:41

Title

Yoast SEO <= 26.5 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via 'post_id' Parameter

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-27 10:18 UTC

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpr…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpr…
https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/pull/22797
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3412…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
yoast	Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI	Affected: 0 , ≤ 26.5 (semver)

Credits

NumeX

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