CVE-2025-12814 (GCVE-0-2025-12814)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-19 05:45
Modified
2025-11-19 18:40
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
softaculous SiteSEO – SEO Simplified Version: *   ≤ 1.3.2
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