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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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. | |
Title | SEO Metrics <= 1.0.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation | |
Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2025-08-02T07:24:20.355Z
Updated: 2025-08-04T14:12:45.211Z
Reserved: 2025-06-26T21:57:29.753Z
Link: CVE-2025-6754

Updated: 2025-08-04T14:12:42.409Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-08-02T08:15:26.653
Modified: 2025-08-04T15:06:15.833
Link: CVE-2025-6754

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