Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-16842 · published 16 November 2017

CVE-2017-16842: Yoast wordpress seo cross-site scripting vulnerability

Yoast · Wordpress Seo

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php in the Yoast SEO plugin before 5.8.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

4.8 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 1.3% · top 29.7% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting

4.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 3.5

1.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References, 2 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

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

Wordpress Seo Yoast

References

Link	Tags
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145080/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1766831/wordpress-seo/trunk/admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#developers	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145080/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1766831/wordpress-seo/trunk/admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#developers	Release NotesThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-16842), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.