Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Nov 30, 2023· Updated Apr 28, 2026

CVE-2023-40680

Description

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.

Affected products

Yoast/Yoast Seo
cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <=21.0

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wordpress-seo/wordpress-yoast-seo-plugin-21-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerabilitynvdThird Party Advisory

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