CVE-2025-12814 SiteSEO – SEO Simplified <= 1.3.2 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated Settings Reset
Authenticated attackers with limited SiteSEO capabilities can improperly reset plugin settings due to incorrect authorization checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12814?
CVE-2025-12814 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in softaculous SiteSEO – SEO Simplified, published on 19 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12814?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12814?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12814 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-2025-12814 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12814 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wv74-3mh6-vm76.