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CVE-2025-12367: The SiteSEO – SEO Simplified plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-12367· Medium 4.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.3 Medium.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 23:37 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 1 Nov 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Users should monitor the vendor's advisory channels for updates. Until a fix is released, restrict Author-level access to trusted users only to reduce risk.

Description

The SiteSEO – SEO Simplified WordPress plugin versions up to and including 1.3.1 suffer from a Missing Authorization vulnerability. This flaw allows authenticated users with Author-level access or higher to enable or disable SiteSEO features without proper permission checks.

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