CVE-2025-12958 Missing authorization in Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool
Authenticated editors can inject header and footer code due to incorrect capability checks in the Rankology WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12958?
CVE-2025-12958 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool, published on 7 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an incorrect capability check on the 'rankology_code_block' page in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to add header and footer code blocks.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12958?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12958?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12958 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-2025-12958 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12958 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x8rq-m8j4-85pr.