CVE-2021-25118

Yoast Seo vulnerability

CVSS

5.3

EPSS

5.6%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Yoast

Affected product

Yoast Seo

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information

Published

2022-02-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 5.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-25118

Confirm whether Yoast Yoast Seo is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-25118.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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