Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 25, 2026· Updated Jul 27, 2026
Yoast SEO <= 28.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Slug (post_name)
CVE-2026-15425
Description
The Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Slug (post_name) in all versions up to, and including, 28.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires pretty permalinks to be enabled, as the exploit chain depends on get_permalink() embedding the stored percent-encoded post_name in the generated URL.
Affected products
1Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/27.6/admin/class-bulk-editor-list-table.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/27.6/admin/class-bulk-editor-list-table.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/28.0/admin/class-bulk-editor-list-table.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/28.0/admin/class-bulk-editor-list-table.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3598937/wordpress-seo/trunk/admin/class-bulk-editor-list-table.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetmitre
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4b2fa1b7-a5af-4ea6-9bee-19a6cdfd7701mitre
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 20, 2026 to July 26, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Jul 30, 2026