CVE-2024-4984

Yoast SEO <= 22.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

6.4 Medium

The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘display_name’ author meta in all versions up to, and including, 22.6 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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.63%Up 0.6 points since May 16, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.4

Yoast SEO <= 22.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Record: CVE-2024-4984
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-44538 6.4

Record: EUVD-2024-44538
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3733-6v6m-39mh 6.4

The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ...

Record: GHSA-3733-6v6m-39mh
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.4

Record: CVE-2024-4984
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.4

Yoast SEO <= 22.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Record: CVE-2024-4984
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

yoast seo – advanced seo with real-time guidance and built-in ai

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-4984 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Yoast Seo – Advanced Seo With Real-time Guidance And Built-in Ai, published May 16, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.