Description
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.
Published: 2026-06-10
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Yoast Duplicate Post through 4.6 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Scheduled Republish Notice
First Time appeared Duplicate Post Project
Duplicate Post Project duplicate Post
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:duplicate_post_project:duplicate_post:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Duplicate Post Project
Duplicate Post Project duplicate Post
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


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Duplicate Post Project Duplicate Post
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-11T16:15:06.572Z

Reserved: 2026-06-10T17:16:10.427Z

Link: CVE-2026-53740

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-11T12:58:08.988Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-06-10T22:17:02.367

Modified: 2026-06-11T15:22:26.633

Link: CVE-2026-53740

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-10T23:00:20Z

Weaknesses