WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Yoast SEO 16.7-17.2 - Unauthenticated Full Path Disclosure
Description
The plugin (from versions 16.7 until 17.2) discloses the full internal path of featured images in posts via the wp/v2/posts REST endpoints which could help an attacker identify other vulnerabilities or help during the exploitation of other identified vulnerabilities.
Proof of Concept
Put a featured image in a post, then execute curl -s 'https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?per_page=1' | jq '.[0].yoast_head_json.og_image[0].path'
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 17.3 References
Classification
Type
FPD
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Fariq Fadillah Gusti Insani
Submitter
Fariq Fadillah Gusti Insani
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2021-10-05 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-02-23 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-09-08 (about 1 years ago)
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