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    CVE-2023-40680

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Team Yoast Yoast SEO allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Yoast SEO: from n/a through 21.0.

    Published:Nov 30, 2023
    Last Modified:Apr 28, 2026
    EPS:Nov 30, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.0019
    CVSS Score:5.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Yoast
    Product
    Yoast Seo

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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