CVE-2025-12814

SiteSEO – SEO Simplified <= 1.3.2 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated Settings Reset

CVSS 5.3 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%CWE-285

Vexday Risk Score

13Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 5.3EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

19 Nov 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

The SiteSEO – SEO Simplified plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to n incorrect capability check on the siteseo_reset_settings function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, who have been granted access to at least on SiteSEO setting capability, to reset the plugin's settings.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

softaculous · SiteSEO – SEO Simplified

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References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/siteseo/tags/1.3.2/main/ajax.php#L90 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3397272%40siteseo&new=3397272%40siteseo&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a376cafb-656c-4fe1-b5c1-c7e38dc5040e?source=cve