CVE-2025-6754
HIGHDescription
The SEO Metrics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization checks in both the seo_metrics_handle_connect_button_click() AJAX handler and the seo_metrics_handle_custom_endpoint() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.15. Because the AJAX action only verifies a nonce, without checking the caller’s capabilities, a subscriber-level user can retrieve the token and then access the custom endpoint to obtain full administrator cookies.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 28% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-metrics-helper/trunk/common-functions.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-metrics-helper/trunk/endpoint.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-metrics-helper/trunk/seo-metrics.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-metrics-helper/trunk/welcome-page.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3343566%40seo-metrics-helper&new=3343566%40seo-metrics-helper
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-metrics-helper/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/48658b33-ae53-4919-8180-1188f72553f7?source=cve
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