CVE-2024-4984: Yoast SEO <= 22.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-4984 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wordpress wordpress-seo. EPSS estimates a 0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.5% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 22.7.
Timeline
- 16-05-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘display_name’ author meta in all versions up to, and including, 22.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST6.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- wordfenceSource6.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.63%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
50%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.63% on 22-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Wordpress1 product
- wordpress-seo≤ 22.6 (fixed in 22.7)
Yoast1 product
2 vendors · 2 products