CVE-2017-16842

MediumCVSS 4.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 4.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145080/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1766831/wordpress-seo/trunk/admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.phpThird Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145080/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1766831/wordpress-seo/trunk/admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.phpThird Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 16, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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