Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-25118

Description

The Yoast SEO WordPress plugin (from versions 16.7 until 17.2) discloses the full internal path of featured images in posts via the wp/v2/posts REST endpoints which could help an attacker identify other vulnerabilities or help during the exploitation of other identified vulnerabilities.

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Affected products

Yoast/Yoast Seo
cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: >=16.7,<17.3
WordPress/Yoast Seocpe-rescue2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 16.7 - 17.2

Patches

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References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/2c3f9038-632d-40ef-a099-6ea202efb550nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2608691nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory

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