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medium 4.8

CVE-2017-16842 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php in the Yoast SEO plugin before 5.8.0 for WordPr…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-8016

cvss
4.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php in the Yoast SEO plugin before 5.8.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

Patch / fix

  • yoast wordpress_seo 5.8.0

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Exploit prediction

1.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • packetstormsecurity.com https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145080/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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References

Sources

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