Vulnerability in Yoast Yoast_seo

CVE-2018-19370

A Race condition vulnerability in unzip_file in admin/import/class-import-settings.php in the Yoast SEO (wordpress-seo) plugin before 9.2.0 for WordPress allows an SEO Manager to perform command execution on the Operating System via a ZIP…

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.032 (86.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19370?
CVE-2018-19370 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yoast Yoast_seo, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2018-11-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-19370?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-19370 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.