CVE-2026-53740

Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 inserts an unescaped post title and permalink into the Classic Editor scheduled republish notice. Attackers can schedule a republish copy with a crafted title to execute script when an administrator views the resulting notice.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicate-post/
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/yoast-duplicate-post-through-stored-cross-site-scripting-via-scheduled-republish-notice

Configurations

No configuration.

History

23 Jul 2026, 09:10

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) Yoast Duplicate Post hasta la 4.6 inserta un título de entrada y un enlace permanente sin escapar en el aviso de republicación programada del Editor Clásico. Los atacantes pueden programar una copia de republicación con un título manipulado para ejecutar scripts cuando un administrador ve el aviso resultante.

10 Jun 2026, 22:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-10 22:17

Updated : 2026-07-23 09:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-53740

Mitre link : CVE-2026-53740

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53740

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

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

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