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CVE-2025-6754 Detail

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.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-metrics-helper/trunk/common-functions.php Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-metrics-helper/trunk/endpoint.php Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-metrics-helper/trunk/seo-metrics.php Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-metrics-helper/trunk/welcome-page.php Wordfence
https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-metrics-helper/#developers Wordfence
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/48658b33-ae53-4919-8180-1188f72553f7?source=cve Wordfence

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-862 Missing Authorization Wordfence  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-6754
NVD Published Date:
08/02/2025
NVD Last Modified:
08/04/2025
Source:
Wordfence