# CVE-2023-28775: WordPress Yoast SEO Premium plugin <= 20.4 - Unauthenticated Zapier API Key Reset vulnerability

> Unauthenticated attackers can reset Zapier API keys due to missing authorization checks in the Yoast SEO Premium plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wj32-cjwh-22mg

## What is CVE-2023-28775?

CVE-2023-28775 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Yoast SEO Premium, published on 11 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Yoast Yoast SEO Premium.This issue affects Yoast SEO Premium: from n/a through 20.4.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28775?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Yoast Yoast Seo.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-28775?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28775 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-28775 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28775 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Yoast SEO Premium

- [CVE-2019-13478](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13478/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2023-32300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32300/): WordPress Yoast SEO: Local Plugin <= 14.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2018-19370](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-19370/): Race condition in n/a (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2023-28785](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28785/): WordPress Yoast SEO: Local Plugin <= 14.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-31779](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-31779/): Server-Side Request Forgery in yoast_seo (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28775 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-28775 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Yoast SEO Premium, published on 11 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28775 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Yoast SEO Premium. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28775/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28775/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28775
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28775
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28775

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28775/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.