vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: seo-by-rank-math: CVE-2025-12714: Missing Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | May 28, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | Jun 1, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 28, 2026
Added
May 29, 2026
Modified
Jun 1, 2026
Description
The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the update_site_editor_homepage function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.271. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify several plugin settings including homepage title, meta description, breadcrumbs label, and social media metadata, which can have severe impact on SEO rankings and display malicious content across all site pages where breadcrumbs are used.
Solution
seo-by-rank-math-plugin-cve-2025-12714
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12714
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dd072774-6f85-42de-a9d4-6826703ad839?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-209984
- CVE-2025-12714
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-12714
- CWE-862
- EUVD-EUVD-2025-209984
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