CVE-2025-12367 SiteSEO – SEO Simplified <= 1.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Plugin Settings Update
Authenticated attackers with Author-level access can modify SiteSEO plugin settings due to missing authorization checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12367?
CVE-2025-12367 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in softaculous SiteSEO – SEO Simplified, published on 1 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SiteSEO – SEO Simplified plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.3.1. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to enable or disable arbitrary SiteSEO features that they should not have access to.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12367?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12367?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12367 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-12367 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12367 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4xxr-8wrg-pjgr.