CVE-2025-11241
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Publication date: 2025-10-03

Last updated on: 2025-10-06

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The Yoast SEO Premium plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions 25.7 to 25.9 due to a flawed regex used to remove an attribute in post content, which can be abused to inject arbitrary HTML attributes, including JavaScript event handlers. This vulnerability allows a user with Contributor access or higher to create a post containing a malicious JavaScript payload.
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Published
2025-10-03
Last Modified
2025-10-06
Generated
2026-06-16
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2025-10-03
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2025-11241
EUVD
EUVD-2025-32569
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yoast seo_premium *
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CWE ID Description
CWE-80 The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the Yoast SEO Premium plugin for WordPress versions 25.7 to 25.9. It occurs because of a flawed regular expression used to remove an attribute in post content, which can be exploited to inject arbitrary HTML attributes, including JavaScript event handlers. A user with Contributor access or higher can create a post containing malicious JavaScript code that will be stored and executed when viewed.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can allow an attacker with Contributor or higher access to inject malicious JavaScript into posts, potentially leading to unauthorized actions such as stealing user data, hijacking user sessions, or performing actions on behalf of other users. It can compromise the integrity and security of the website and its users.

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