Medium 4.3Published May 27, 2026

CVE-2025-14481Yoast SEO <= 26.5 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via 'post_id' Parameter

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 3:23 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object References in all versions up to, and including, 26.5. This is due to insufficient authorization checks in the Meta Search REST API endpoint that fail to verify post ownership. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read sensitive SEO metadata from any post on the site via the 'post_id' parameter, including posts owned by other users, private posts, and draft posts.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Wordfence
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 27, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

yoast Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI yoast:seo_advanced_seo_with_real_time_guidance_and_built_in_ai (from the name)	through 26.5	CNA record

References

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/04b2123d-ae0c-4984-95f5-7040f8604c92?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/trunk/src/routes/meta-search-route.php#L56
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-seo/tags/26.4/src/routes/meta-search-route.php#L56
https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/pull/22797
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3412286/wordpress-seo#file163

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