SiteSEO – SEO Simplified <= 1.3.2 — Improper Authorization to Authenticated Settings Reset
CVE-2025-12814Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.3.2Update to 1.3.3 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
SiteSEO – SEO Simplified siteseo
- Affected≤ 1.3.2
- Patched in1.3.3
Update to 1.3.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.3.2. Version 1.3.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under SiteSEO – SEO Simplified.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.3.3, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch SiteSEO – SEO Simplified to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Supakiad S. (m3ez).
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in SiteSEO – SEO Simplified
All 4| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitive Post Meta Disclosure ≤1.3.2Update to 1.3.3 | CVE-2025-13085 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Plugin Settings Update ≤1.3.1Update to 1.3.2 | CVE-2025-12367 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Broken Regex Expression ≤1.2.7Update to 1.2.8 | CVE-2025-9277 |
- Medium4.3Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitive Post Meta Disclosure
≤1.3.2Update to 1.3.3
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Plugin Settings Update
≤1.3.1Update to 1.3.2
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Broken Regex Expression
≤1.2.7Update to 1.2.8
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
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