Unauthorized Data Modification in SiteSEO Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-12814

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Siteseo – Seo Simplified
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 November 2025

What is CVE-2025-12814?

The SiteSEO – SEO Simplified plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that permits authenticated users with certain settings capabilities to perform unauthorized modifications. Specifically, due to an incorrect capability check in the siteseo_reset_settings function, these users can reset the plugin's settings, potentially leading to misconfigurations and loss of user-defined settings. This flaw affects all versions of the plugin up to and including version 1.3.2.

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Affected Version(s)

SiteSEO – SEO Simplified * <= 1.3.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/siteseo/tags/1...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Supakiad S.
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