# Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI

> Real-time SEO guidance, schema, and AI built in. Help search engines and AI systems understand your content. All AI tools included, no hidden fees.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-06 03:17 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `wordpress-seo`
- Author: Yoast
- Version: 28.8
- Active installs: 10+ million
- Last update: 2026-10-27 (10 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 7.0, PHP 7.4
- Tags: Content analysis, Readability, schema, seo, xml sitemap
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 10 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-07-25 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Slug (post_name) (up to 28.0). CVE-2026-15425, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4b2fa1b7-a5af-4ea6-9bee-19a6cdfd7701?source=api-prod
- 2026-05-27 MEDIUM: Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via 'post_id' Parameter (up to 26.5). CVE-2025-14481, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/04b2123d-ae0c-4984-95f5-7040f8604c92?source=api-prod
- 2026-03-21 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'jsonText' Block Attribute (up to 27.1.1). CVE-2026-3427, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fee1fef5-5716-49e0-a04e-d0dae527fcfc?source=api-prod
- 2026-02-05 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'yoast-schema' Block Attribute (up to 26.8). CVE-2026-1293, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8b2e7c2d-ed2f-439b-9cee-f2e5d46121b6?source=api-prod
- 2024-05-14 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 22.6). CVE-2024-4984, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59bcd246-ca2f-4336-9a6e-89afe873ed25?source=api-prod
- 2024-05-06 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 22.5). CVE-2024-4041, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e04b161-3cd0-454d-869c-56f42bd8afb0?source=api-prod
- 2023-11-24 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Seo Manager+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 21.0). CVE-2023-40680, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/385a82ff-50ad-4787-845b-fb5f639f6466?source=api-prod
- 2023-03-02 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 20.2). WF-c0e58807-bccc-469f-82c3-a4bbf088a626, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c0e58807-bccc-469f-82c3-a4bbf088a626?source=api-prod
- 2021-10-05 MEDIUM: Full Path Disclosure (before 17.3). CVE-2021-25118, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f162e046-a7d3-4f2c-899d-6c46cb92c8ee?source=api-prod
- 2019-07-09 MEDIUM: Authenticated Stored Cross Site Scripting (up to 11.5). CVE-2019-13478, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/69b173ec-f7e9-4473-9b85-9a204a51cdf5?source=api-prod
- 2018-11-06 MEDIUM: Race Condition to Remote Code Execution (up to 9.1.0). CVE-2018-19370, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e8b62157-8c32-462f-aba7-dab137f98f32?source=api-prod
- 2017-11-22 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.7.1). CVE-2017-16842, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fbc393a6-8357-47b2-9abd-aa611b09eb1c?source=api-prod
- 2016-08-02 MEDIUM: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 3.4.1). CVE-2021-24153, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0cde6b5b-f760-467b-940f-06a1f983ddc4?source=api-prod
- 2016-06-14 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting (up to 3.2.5). WF-48d0e0e0-81db-46ef-ba64-daa2a4079b79, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/48d0e0e0-81db-46ef-ba64-daa2a4079b79?source=api-prod
- 2016-05-06 MEDIUM: Sensitive Data Exposure (up to 3.2.4). WF-a7701dd2-8452-4529-a931-db2553ca1ae5, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a7701dd2-8452-4529-a931-db2553ca1ae5?source=api-prod
- 2015-04-20 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (before 2.1). WF-2fe34989-493c-4883-a1ca-454262919202, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2fe34989-493c-4883-a1ca-454262919202?source=api-prod
- 2015-03-11 HIGH: Blind SQL Injection (up to 1.5.6, 1.6 to 1.6.3, 1.7 to 1.7.3). CVE-2015-2292, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ddf4ec13-bca3-4994-9e11-11fbbead371a?source=api-prod
- 2015-03-10 HIGH: Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 1.5.6, 1.6 to 1.6.3, 1.7 to 1.7.3.3). CVE-2015-2293, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dc7d0124-9ddd-4f88-bffd-e09e10137a3d?source=api-prod
- 2014-08-01 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 1.4.6). WF-7d33594b-e7b7-4685-97c1-37a2fecc1b8a, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7d33594b-e7b7-4685-97c1-37a2fecc1b8a?source=api-prod
- 2012-10-31 MEDIUM: Cross Site Scripting via post_title parameter (up to 2.1.1). CVE-2012-6692, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4187f559-87ba-46ab-9b45-7a36dd98d71d?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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