# CVE-2025-15285: SEO Flow by LupsOnline <= 2.2.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post/Category Modification

> Unauthenticated attackers can create, modify, and delete blog posts and categories due to missing capability checks in the SEO Flow plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:** 4 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-frv9-vr54-3cwm

## What is CVE-2025-15285?

CVE-2025-15285 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SEO Flow by LupsOnline, published on 4 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The SEO Flow by LupsOnline plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the checkBlogAuthentication() and checkCategoryAuthentication() functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. These authorization functions only implement basic API key authentication but fail to implement WordPress capability checks. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create, modify, and delete blog posts and categories.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15285?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-15285?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15285 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-15285 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15285 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-15285 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-15285 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SEO Flow by LupsOnline, published on 4 Feb 2026. 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-2025-15285 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SEO Flow by LupsOnline. 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-2025-15285/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15285/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15285
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15285
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-15285

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15285/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.