CVE-2017-16842 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-11-16

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yoast:wordpress_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-8016	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00186.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145080/WordPress-Yoast-SEO-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1766831/wordpress-seo/trunk/admin/google_search_console/class-gsc-table.php
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#developers

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00086}`	epss `{'score': 0.00072}`

Subscriptions

Yoast Wordpress Seo

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-16T03:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:35:21.321Z

Reserved: 2017-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16842

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-16T03:29:00.300

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-16842

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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