CVE-2026-53740

Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Scheduled Republish Notice

Published Jun 10, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 inserts an unescaped post title and permalink into the Classic Editor scheduled republish notice. Attackers can schedule a republish copy with a crafted title to execute script when an administrator views the resulting notice.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 inserts an unescaped post title and permalink into the Classic Editor scheduled republish notice. Attackers can schedule a republish copy with a crafted title to execute script when an administrator views the resulting notice.
Title Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Scheduled Republish Notice
First Time appeared Duplicate Post Project
Duplicate Post Project duplicate Post
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:duplicate_post_project:duplicate_post:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Duplicate Post Project
Duplicate Post Project duplicate Post
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Jun 11, 2026, 4:15 PM
Reserved
Jun 10, 2026, 5:16 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jun 10, 2026, 10:17 PM
Modified
Jul 23, 2026, 9:10 AM