CVE-2017-16842

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Published Nov 16, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 4.8 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 1.3% (1.345% probability within 30 days)

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

Jul 12, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Yoast Wordpress Seo

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 8:35 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 16, 2017, 3:00 AM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 8:35 PM
Reserved: Nov 15, 2017, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:10 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 16, 2017, 3:29 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:10 AM

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