Medium 5.3Published May 29, 2026

CVE-2025-12714Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings <= 1.0.271 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Homepage Settings Modification

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 12:10 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the update_site_editor_homepage function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.271. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify several plugin settings including homepage title, meta description, breadcrumbs label, and social media metadata, which can have severe impact on SEO rankings and display malicious content across all site pages where breadcrumbs are used.

CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Wordfence
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 29, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

rankmath Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings rankmath:rank_math_seo_ai_seo_tools_to_dominate_seo_rankings (from the name)	through 1.0.271	CNA record

References

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dd072774-6f85-42de-a9d4-6826703ad839?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L122
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L129
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-shared.php#L339
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-rest-helper.php#L75
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3552223/seo-by-rank-math/trunk/includes/rest/class-rest-helper.php

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