CVE-2026-1293
Yoast SEO <= 26.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'yoast-schema' Block Attribute
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- Feb 6, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 21, 2026
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AIyoast |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8b2e7c2d-ed2f-439b-9cee-f2e5d46121b6?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/26.8/src/presenters/schema-presenter.php#L49
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/26.8/inc/class-wpseo-utils.php#L915
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/26.8/src/generators/schema-generator.php#L188
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