wp-yoast-seo-fpd: WordPress Yoast SEO - Full Path Disclosure

2026-01-08 WordPress Yoast SEO PoC Public

Description

WordPress Yoast SEO plugin is vulnerable to full path disclosure via direct access to plugin files.

PoC

id: wp-yoast-seo-fpd

info:
  name: WordPress Yoast SEO - Full Path Disclosure
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: low
  description: |
    WordPress Yoast SEO plugin is vulnerable to full path disclosure via direct access to plugin files.
  reference:
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: yoast
    product: wordpress-seo
    framework: wordpress
    fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/"
  tags: wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,fpd,yoast,seo,exposure,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/main.php"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/admin/class-admin.php"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/inc/class-wpseo-utils.php"

    stop-at-first-match: true

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "Fatal error"
          - "/plugins/wordpress-seo"
          - "Uncaught TypeError:"
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100f2a711f297c81d399fcc420ff70eef021c7b9449918c3bdceb2cf0af4aa1ca3b022029fc7bb4a871881873bd16489d0d34be9af2f27eaace4fd46fb1960f3c7d7a81:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

# Visit https://trap.biu.life/ to view exploit trends for this vulnerability.
Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/misconfiguration/wordpress/wp-yoast-seo-fpd.yaml

References

Related Vulnerabilities