CVE-2023-28780

WordPress Yoast SEO: Local Plugin <= 14.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Yoast Yoast Local Premium.This issue affects Yoast Local Premium: from n/a through 14.8.

Vulnerabilidad de Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) en Yoast Yoast Local Premium. Este problema afecta a Yoast Local Premium: desde n/a hasta 14.8.

The Yoast SEO: Local plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 14.8. This is due to missing nonce validation on an unknown function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unknown unauthorized action, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

*Credits: Rafie Muhammad (Patchstack)

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-03-23 CVE Reserved
2023-05-09 CVE Published
2023-11-30 EPSS Updated
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CAPEC

CAPEC-62: Cross Site Request Forgery

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpseo-local/wordpress-yoast-seo-local-plugin-14-8-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

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"		Yoast Local Seo Search vendor "Yoast" for product "Yoast Local Seo"				<= 14.8 Search vendor "Yoast" for product "Yoast Local Seo" and version " <= 14.8"		wordpress		Affected