CVE-2025-6754: The SEO Metrics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization checks in both the…

PriorityP259high8.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.36%

28.3th percentile

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 all versions up to, and including, 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.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
seometricsplugin	seo_metrics	<= 1.0.15	—

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