Yoast SEO 16.7-17.2 - Information Disclosure Detection
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-25118 | 28 Feb 202209:15 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2021-25118 | 27 Apr 202309:58 | – | circl | |
| WordPress plugin Yoast SEO 信息泄露漏洞 | 28 Feb 202200:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| WordPress Yoast SEO plugin information leakage vulnerability | 2 Mar 202200:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2021-25118 | 28 Feb 202209:06 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2021-25118 Yoast SEO 16.7-17.2 - Unauthenticated Full Path Disclosure | 28 Feb 202209:06 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2021-12030 | 28 Feb 202209:06 | – | euvd | |
| Yoast SEO 16.7-17.2 - Information Disclosure | 15 Oct 202602:05 | – | nuclei | |
| CVE-2021-25118 | 28 Feb 202209:15 | – | nvd | |
| WordPress Yoast SEO Plugin 16.7 < 17.3 Information Disclosure Vulnerability | 14 Sep 202300:00 | – | openvas |
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Yoast SEO plugin 16."""
import re
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'Yoast SEO 16.7-17.2 - Information Disclosure Detection',
'description': 'Yoast SEO plugin 16.7 to 17.2 is susceptible to information disclosure, The plugin discloses the full internal path of featured images in posts via the wp/v2/posts REST endpoints, which can help an attacker identify other vulnerabilities or help during the exploitation of other identified vulnerabilities.',
'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
'severity': 'medium',
'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'cve', 'cve2021', 'wpscan', 'wordpress', 'wp-plugin', 'fpd', 'wp', 'yoast', 'vuln'],
'agent': {
'risk': 'active',
'effects': ['network_probe'],
'expected_requests': 1,
'reversible': True,
'approval_required': False,
'produces': ['tech_hints', 'risk_signals', 'endpoints'],
'cost': 1.0,
'noise': 0.3,
'value': 1.0,
'requires': {
'min_endpoints': 0,
'min_params': 0,
'tech_hints_any': [],
'tech_hints_all': [],
'specializations_any': [],
'risk_signals_any': [],
'auth_session': False,
'capabilities_any': [],
'capabilities_all': [],
'confidence_min': {},
'confidence_min_any': {},
'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
'param_any': [],
'api_surface_ready': False,
},
'chain': {
'produces_capabilities': [
{
'capability': 'admin_surface',
'from_detail': '',
},
],
'consumes_capabilities': [],
'option_bindings': {},
'suggested_followups': ['auxiliary/scanner/http/login_page_detector'],
},
},
'references': [
'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2c3f9038-632d-40ef-a099-6ea202efb550',
'https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2608691',
'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25118',
'https://github.com/20142995/sectool',
'https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon',
],
'cve': 'CVE-2021-25118',
}
def run(self):
r = self.http_request(method="GET", path='/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?per_page=1', allow_redirects=False)
if not r or r.status_code != 200:
return False
body = r.text or ""
headers = "\n".join(f"{k}: {v}" for k, v in r.headers.items())
header_any = ('application/json',)
body_regexes = ('"path":"(.*)/wp-content\\\\(.*)","size',)
if (any(m in headers for m in header_any)) and (any(re.search(rx, body, 0) for rx in body_regexes)):
self.set_info(
severity='medium',
reason="Yoast SEO 16.7-17.2 - Information Disclosure detected",
path='/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?per_page=1',
)
return True
return False
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28 Jul 2026 11:27Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 25
CVSS 3.15.3
EPSS0.05632