5.3

CVE-2021-25118: Yoast SEO 16.7-17.2 - Unauthenticated Full Path Disclosure

Modified
Published 28-02-2022Last modified 03-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-25118 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in unknown yoast seo. EPSS estimates a 5.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 17.3.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.63%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 28-02-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.63%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 5.63% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
  • yoast seo≥ 16.7, < 16.7* | ≥ 17.3, < 17.3
Wordpress1 product
  • wordpress-seo< 17.3
Yoast1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

3 links