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Critical
CVE-2019-13478
The Yoast SEO plugin before 11.6-RC5 for WordPress does not...
Vulnerability Description
The Yoast SEO plugin before 11.6-RC5 for WordPress does not properly restrict unfiltered HTML in term descriptions.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
yoast
View all reports →Affected Software
yoast seo
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 11.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 9th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:L/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.