CVE-2025-12714 (GCVE-0-2025-12714)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-29 09:28 – Updated: 2026-05-29 12:55
VLAI
Title
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.271 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Homepage Settings Modification
Summary
The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the update_site_editor_homepage function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.271. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify several plugin settings including homepage title, meta description, breadcrumbs label, and social media metadata, which can have severe impact on SEO rankings and display malicious content across all site pages where breadcrumbs are used.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
Michael Mazzolini abrahack
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