FKIE_CVE-2017-16842

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-11-16 03:29 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145080/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1766831/wordpress-seo/trunk/admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.phpThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145080/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1766831/wordpress-seo/trunk/admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.phpThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yoast wordpress_seo *
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-20T01:37:25.860",
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