CVE-2021-36788 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The yoast_seo (aka Yoast SEO) extension before 7.2.3 for TYPO3 allows XSS.

Published: 2021-08-13

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo:*:*:*:*:*:typo3:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-1947	The yoast_seo (aka Yoast SEO) extension before 7.2.3 for TYPO3 allows XSS.
Github GHSA	GHSA-28w5-j8xj-2xwc	Cross-site Scripting in the yoast_seo TYPO3 extension

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00471.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://typo3.org/help/security-advisories/security
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2021-013

History

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Subscriptions

Yoast Yoast Seo

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-08-13T16:09:42.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:01:59.780Z

Reserved: 2021-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-36788

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-13T17:15:16.660

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:59:25.473

Link: CVE-2021-36788

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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