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.
History

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Metrics ssvc

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


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First Time appeared Wordpress
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Yoast
Yoast yoast Seo – Advanced Seo With Real-time Guidance And Built-in Ai
Vendors & Products Wordpress
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Yoast yoast Seo – Advanced Seo With Real-time Guidance And Built-in Ai

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Description 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.
Title Yoast SEO <= 26.5 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via 'post_id' Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-27T10:41:24.847Z

Reserved: 2025-12-10T19:03:32.498Z

Link: CVE-2025-14481

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-27T10:41:20.286Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-27T05:16:19.950

Modified: 2026-05-27T05:16:19.950

Link: CVE-2025-14481

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-27T10:00:14Z