CVE-2017-16842

Yoast SEO <= 5.7.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php in the Yoast SEO plugin before 5.8.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

Una vulnerabilidad de Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) en admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php en el plugin Yoast SEO en versiones anteriores a la 5.8.0 para WordPress permite que atacantes remotos inyecten scripts web o HTML arbitrarios.

WordPress Yoast SEO plugin versions prior to 5.8.0 suffer from a cross site scripting vulnerability.

*Credits: Elias Dimopoulos

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-11-15 CVE Reserved
2017-11-16 CVE Published
2023-06-11 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1766831/wordpress-seo/trunk/admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#developers	Release Notes

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145080/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Yoast Search vendor "Yoast"		Wordpress Seo Search vendor "Yoast" for product "Wordpress Seo"				< 5.8.0 Search vendor "Yoast" for product "Wordpress Seo" and version " < 5.8.0"		wordpress		Affected