CVE-2025-6754
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
02/08/2025
Last modified:
04/08/2025
Description
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 versions 1.0.5 through 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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- 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://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-metrics-helper/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/48658b33-ae53-4919-8180-1188f72553f7?source=cve



