Is this a security issue?

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  • Plugin Support devnihil

    (@devnihil)

    @mohammad026 We don’t recognize these table in wp_options, and one does appear to show a path referencing /etc, so they may be the result of an error or attempt at compromising the site. However, it’s difficult to say for certain.

    We’d recommend first ensuring that both Yoast SEO, WordPress, and all your other plugins/themes are up to date to the most current versions. Then you may also want to contact your hosting provide to perform a security audit on the account as well.

    Thread Starter MOHAMMAD

    (@mohammad026)

    I think that information was entered into the database because of a problem with your plugin.
    I am using the latest version. But this information has entered the database in older versions.
    Has this security issue been fixed in the latest version?

    Plugin Support devnihil

    (@devnihil)

    @mohammad026 There have been issues reported in the past related to cache validator entries not being removed from the database such as the report here. If that is what caused the entries, you can safely remove them.

    As of version 9.0 of Yoast SEO the sitemap caching is disabled by default. You can read more about that here: https://yoast.com/help/sitemap-does-not-update/

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