SiteSEO – SEO Simplified <= 1.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Plugin Settings Update

Improper Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-12367
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published October 31, 2025
Last Updated November 1, 2025
Researcher Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada)
Description

The SiteSEO – SEO Simplified plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.3.1. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to enable or disable arbitrary SiteSEO features that they should not have access to.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug siteseo (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.1
Patched Version
  • 1.3.2
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