CVE-2026-40722 PUBLISHED

WordPress Yoast SEO Premium plugin <= 26.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Assigner: Patchstack
Reserved: 15.04.2026 Published: 17.06.2026 Updated: 17.06.2026

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Yoast BV Yoast SEO Premium allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.

This issue affects Yoast SEO Premium: from n/a through 26.6.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS Score: 5.5

Product Status

Vendor Yoast BV
Product Yoast SEO Premium
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from n/a to 26.6 (incl.)

Solutions

Update the WordPress Yoast SEO Premium Plugin to the latest available version (at least 26.7).

Credits

  • ilicfilip | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-180 Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels