CVE-2021-25118 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.17648.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Yoast	Yoast Seo

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2608691
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2c3f9038-632d-40ef-a099-6ea202efb550

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.07846}`	epss `{'score': 0.27358}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-02-28T09:06:38

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:56:10.582Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-25118

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-02-28T09:15:08.720

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:54:23.220

Link: CVE-2021-25118

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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