CVE-2026-40722

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-17. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Yoast BV Yoast SEO Premium allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.

This issue affects Yoast SEO Premium: from n/a through 26.6.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(high)
EPSS
8.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 17, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 19, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Broken Access Control in WordPress Yoast SEO Premium Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wordpress-seo-premium/vulnerability/wordpress-yoast-seo-premium-plugin-26-6-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-40722(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 62× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-07 05:58 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 05:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-06 04:06 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-06 04:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-05 02:19 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-05 02:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-04 00:31 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-04 00:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-02 22:42 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-02 22:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-01 20:55 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-01 20:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-30 19:06 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-06-30 19:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-29 17:13 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-06-29 17:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-28 15:14 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-06-28 15:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-06-27 13:23 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-06-27 13:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-06-26 11:36 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-06-26 11:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-25 04:52 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-06-25 04:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-06-24 03:04 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-06-24 03:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-23 01:14 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-06-23 01:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-21 23:26 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-06-21 23:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-20 21:37 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-06-20 21:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-06-19 19:48 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-06-19 19:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-18 18:00 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-06-18 18:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-06-17 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-06-17 16:10 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-06-17 15:51 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-40722?
CVE-2026-40722 is a medium vulnerability published on June 17, 2026. Missing Authorization vulnerability in Yoast BV Yoast SEO Premium allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Yoast SEO Premium: from n/a through 26.6.
When was CVE-2026-40722 disclosed?
CVE-2026-40722 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-40722 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-40722 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 8.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-40722?
CVE-2026-40722 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-40722?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-40722, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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