# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wv74-3mh6-vm76

## 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 (Improper Authorization)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2025-12814 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12814 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12814 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12814 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: softaculous SiteSEO – SEO Simplified. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12814/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12814/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12814
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12814
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12814

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12814/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.