Yoast SEO Plugin up to 11.6-RC4 on WordPress Term Description input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Yoast SEO Plugin up to 11.6-RC4 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Term Description Handler. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-13478. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Yoast SEO Plugin up to 11.6-RC4 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Term Description Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Yoast SEO plugin before 11.6-RC5 for WordPress does not properly restrict unfiltered HTML in term descriptions.

The weakness was released 07/09/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-13478 since 07/09/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 11.6-RC5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Yoast SEO Plugin 11.6-RC5

Timelineinfo

07/09/2019 🔍
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07/10/2019 +1 days 🔍
10/24/2023 +1567 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-13478 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-13478
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-137606

Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2019 12:48
Updated: 10/24/2023 06:22
Changes: 07/10/2019 12:48 (36), 07/03/2020 09:24 (4), 10/24/2023 06:12 (3), 10/24/2023 06:22 (28)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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