CVE-2026-1293 PUBLISHED

Yoast SEO <= 26.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'yoast-schema' Block Attribute

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 21.01.2026 Published: 06.02.2026 Updated: 06.02.2026

The Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the the yoast-schema block attribute in all versions up to, and including, 26.8 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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.4

Product Status

Vendor yoast
Product Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from * to 26.8 (incl.)

Credits

  • suyoung kim finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE