Medium 5.3Published Nov 19, 2025

CVE-2025-12814SiteSEO – SEO Simplified <= 1.3.2 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated Settings Reset

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 12:23 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

The SiteSEO – SEO Simplified plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to n incorrect capability check on the siteseo_reset_settings function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, who have been granted access to at least on SiteSEO setting capability, to reset the plugin's settings.

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-285
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: Apr 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

softaculous SiteSEO – SEO Simplified softaculous:siteseo_seo_simplified (from the name)	through 1.3.2	CNA record

References

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a376cafb-656c-4fe1-b5c1-c7e38dc5040e?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/siteseo/tags/1.3.2/main/ajax.php#L90
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3397272%40siteseo&new=3397272%40siteseo&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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