CVE-2026-53740
5.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Summary
Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 inserts an unescaped post title and permalink into the Classic Editor scheduled republish notice. Attackers can schedule a republish copy with a crafted title to execute script when an administrator views the resulting notice.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoast | Yoast Duplicate Post | 0 <= 4.6 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicate-post/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/yoast-duplicate-post-through-stored-cross-site-scripting-via-scheduled-republish-notice
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