CVE-2019-13478: The Yoast SEO plugin before 11.6-RC5 for WordPress does not properly restrict unfiltered HTML in term descriptions.

PriorityP349critical9.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

3.30%

87.0th percentile

The Yoast SEO plugin before 11.6-RC5 for WordPress does not properly restrict unfiltered HTML in term descriptions.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
yoast	yoast_seo	< 11.6	11.6
yoast	yoast_seo	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv3.09.9CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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