5.1

CVE-2026-53739: Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 Cross-Site Request Forgery via duplicate_post_dismiss_notice

Deferred
Published 10-06-2026Last modified 11-06-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-53739 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in yoast yoast duplicate post. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.1/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-06-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the duplicate_post_dismiss_notice handler, which verifies no nonce or capability. Attackers can trick any authenticated user into sending a request that sets the duplicate_post_show_notice site option, suppressing admin notices network-wide.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.04 pp

From 0.10% 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

Yoast1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links