CVE-2025-11241 Yoast SEO Premium 25.7-25.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated contributors can inject malicious JavaScript via flawed regex in Yoast SEO Premium, enabling stored XSS attacks against site visitors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-11241?
CVE-2025-11241 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Yoast SEO Premium, published on 3 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Yoast SEO Premium plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions 25.7 to 25.9 due to a flawed regex used to remove an attribute in post content, which can be abused to inject arbitrary HTML attributes, including JavaScript event handlers. This vulnerability allows a user with Contributor access or higher to create a post containing a malicious JavaScript payload.
Weakness: CWE-80
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11241?
How do I fix CVE-2025-11241?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11241 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-11241 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-11241 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q494-c83w-2xrf.