CVE-2025-12814
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BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-11-19
Last updated on: 2025-11-19
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
Description
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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | site_seo_plugin | * |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-285 | The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability exists in the SiteSEO – SEO Simplified plugin for WordPress, where an incorrect capability check in the siteseo_reset_settings function allows authenticated attackers with at least one SiteSEO setting capability to reset the plugin's settings without proper authorization.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
An attacker who exploits this vulnerability can reset the plugin's settings, potentially disrupting your SEO configurations and website functionality that depend on those settings, leading to loss of customized SEO data or site misconfiguration.
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