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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-6692 · published 17 June 2015

CVE-2012-6692: Yoast wordpress seo cross-site scripting vulnerability

Yoast · Wordpress Seo

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in js/wp-seo-metabox.js in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin before 2.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the post_title parameter to wp-admin/post-new.php, which is not properly handled in the snippet preview functionality.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 3.2% · top 12.3% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
3.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References, 8 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in js/wp-seo-metabox.js in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin before 2.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the post_title parameter to wp-admin/post-new.php, which is not properly handled in the snippet preview functionality.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132294/WordPress-Yoast-2.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/40 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75196
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032580
https://inventropy.us/blog/yoast-seo-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/ Exploit
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/ Patch
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-post-title-field-xss-vulnerability Exploit
https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-2-2/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132294/WordPress-Yoast-2.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/40 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75196
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032580
https://inventropy.us/blog/yoast-seo-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/ Exploit
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/ Patch
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-post-title-field-xss-vulnerability Exploit
https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-2-2/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-6692), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.