CVE-2025-12367
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
The SiteSEO – SEO Simplified plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.3.1. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to enable or disable arbitrary SiteSEO features that they should not have access to.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
4.3
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2025-11-01 04:16:04.093000
Last modified
2026-10-18 21:10:00.120000
View original CVE JSON
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"id": "CVE-2025-12367",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2025-11-01T04:16:04.093",
"lastModified": "2026-10-18T21:10:00.120",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
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"lang": "en",
"value": "The SiteSEO – SEO Simplified plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.3.1. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to enable or disable arbitrary SiteSEO features that they should not have access to."
},
{
"lang": "es",
"value": "El plugin SiteSEO - SEO Simplified para WordPress es vulnerable a Autorización Faltante en versiones hasta la 1.3.1, inclusive. Esto se debe a que el plugin no verifica adecuadamente que un usuario está autorizado para realizar una acción. Esto hace posible que atacantes autenticados, con acceso de nivel Autor y superior, habiliten o deshabiliten características arbitrarias de SiteSEO a las que no deberían tener acceso."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "softaculous",
"product": "SiteSEO – SEO Simplified",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"versions": [
{
"version": "0",
"lessThanOrEqual": "1.3.1",
"versionType": "semver",
"status": "affected"
}
]
}
]
}
],
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"cvssData": {
"version": "3.1",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"baseScore": 4.3,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "LOW",
"availabilityImpact": "NONE"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 2.8,
"impactScore": 1.4
}
],
"ssvcV203": [
{
"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"ssvcData": {
"timestamp": "2025-11-03T15:44:56.122085Z",
"id": "CVE-2025-12367",
"options": [
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"exploitation": "none"
},
{
"automatable": "no"
},
{
"technicalImpact": "partial"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"version": "2.0.3"
}
}
]
},
"weaknesses": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-285"
}
]
}
],
"references": [
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/siteseo/tags/1.3.1/main/ajax.php#L340",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3387094/siteseo/trunk/main/ajax.php?contextall=1",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/54535bef-23c3-4045-bb37-ba28ae5461b1?source=cve",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}