6.5

CVE-2023-28785: WordPress Yoast SEO: Local Plugin <= 14.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Modified
Published 28-05-2023Last modified 28-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-28785 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wordpress wpseo-local. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.7% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 15.0.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.37%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 28-05-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Yoast Yoast SEO: Local plugin <= 14.9 versions.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

30%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.37% 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

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Yoast2 products
  • yoast_seo≤ 14.9
  • yoast seo: local≥ n/a, ≤ 14.9
Wordpress1 product
  • wpseo-local≤ 14.9 (fixed in 15.0)

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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