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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-08-02T07:24:20.355Z

Last Modified :

2025-08-02T07:24:20.355Z

Source :

Wordfence
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-6754 vulnerability.

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REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-6754.

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