CVE-2025-11241
Oct. 3, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
6.4
Medium
Description
The Yoast SEO Premium plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions 25.7 to 25.9 due to a flawed regex used to remove an attribute in post content, which can be abused to inject arbitrary HTML attributes, including JavaScript event handlers. This vulnerability allows a user with Contributor access or higher to create a post containing a malicious JavaScript payload.
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Yoast |
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Weaknesses
Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
CWE-80
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages.
*CPE(s)
Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | yoast | yoast_seo_premium | 25.7-25.9 | / | / | / | / | / | wordpress | / |
Tags
CVSS Score
CVSS Data - 3.1
- Attack Vector: NETWORK
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: LOW
- Scope: CHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: LOW
- Integrity Impact: LOW
- Availability Impact: NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Timeline
Published: Oct. 3, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 3, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 3, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Status : Received
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
More infoSource
security@wordfence.com
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