CVE-2025-6754 SEO Metrics <= 1.0.15 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Subscribers can escalate to administrator privileges in the SEO Metrics WordPress plugin due to missing authorization checks in AJAX handlers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-6754?
CVE-2025-6754 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in seometricsplugin SEO Metrics, published on 2 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SEO Metrics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization checks in both the seo_metrics_handle_connect_button_click() AJAX handler and the seo_metrics_handle_custom_endpoint() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.15. Because the AJAX action only verifies a nonce, without checking the caller’s capabilities, a subscriber-level user can retrieve the token and then access the custom endpoint to obtain full administrator cookies.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6754?
How do I fix CVE-2025-6754?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6754 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-2025-6754 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6754 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-86r7-7qgg-4qfx.