CVE-2026-3427 PUBLISHED

Yoast SEO <= 27.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'jsonText' Block Attribute

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 02.03.2026 Published: 22.03.2026 Updated: 22.03.2026

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 jsonText block attribute in all versions up to, and including, 27.1.1 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 27.1.1 (incl.)

Credits

  • Osvaldo Noe Gonzalez Del Rio finder

References

Problem Types

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