Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool <= 2.0 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Editor+) Header & Footer Code Creation

Improper Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-12958
CVSS Low (2.7)
Publicly Published January 6, 2026
Last Updated January 23, 2026
Researcher SangNQ29
Description

The Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an incorrect capability check on the 'rankology_code_block' page in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to add header and footer code blocks.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug rankology-seo-and-analytics-tool (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0
Patched Version
  • 2.5
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