CVE-2023-40680

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    CVE-2023-40680

    Published: 30 Nov 2023Last Modified: 28 Oct 2026

    Summary: WordPress Yoast SEO Plugin <= 21.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

    Details: 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.

    References: https://wordpress.org/plugins, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40680.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40680, https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wordpress-seo/wordpress-yoast-seo-plugin-21-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    21.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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