# CVE-2025-13085: SiteSEO – SEO Simplified <= 1.3.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitive Post Meta Disclosure

> Authenticated attackers with SiteSEO access can read sensitive post metadata, including customer billing data, due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-42fg-gx44-hcxv

## What is CVE-2025-13085?

CVE-2025-13085 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in softaculous SiteSEO – SEO Simplified, published on 19 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 Improper Authorization leading to Sensitive Post Meta Disclosure in versions up to and including 1.3.2. This is due to missing object-level authorization checks in the resolve_variables() AJAX handler. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the siteseo_manage capability (e.g., Author-level users who have been granted SiteSEO access by an administrator) to read arbitrary post metadata from any post, page, attachment, or WooCommerce order they cannot edit, via the custom field variable resolution feature granted they have been given access to SiteSEO by an administrator and legacy storage is enabled. In affected WooCommerce installations, this exposes sensitive customer billing information including names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and payment methods.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13085?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-13085?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13085 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-13085 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13085 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13085 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-13085 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in softaculous SiteSEO – SEO Simplified, published on 19 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13085 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-2025-13085/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13085/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13085
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13085
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13085

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13085/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.