All In One SEO < 4.1.5.3 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
The All in One SEO WordPress plugin before 4.1.5.3 is affected by a Privilege Escalation issue, which was discovered during an internal audit by the Jetpack Scan team, and may grant bad actors access to protected REST API endpoints they shouldn’t have access to. This could ultimately enable users with low-privileged accounts, like subscribers, to perform remote code execution on affected sites.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | All in One SEO – Best WordPress SEO Plugin – Easily Improve SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic | 4.1.3.1 and later; 4.1.5.3 to before 4.1.5.3 | 4.1.5.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- All in One SEO – Best WordPress SEO Plugin – Easily Improve SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic VendorUnknown Affected 4.1.3.1 and later; 4.1.5.3 to before 4.1.5.3 Fixed in 4.1.5.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA All in One SEO – Best WordPress SEO Plugin – Easily Improve SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic (Unknown) Fixed in 4.1.5.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
All in One SEO – Best WordPress SEO Plugin – Easily Improve SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic 4.1.3.1*, 4.1.5.3
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2021-07315 All In One SEO < 4.1.5.3 - Authenticated SQL InjectionPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-25036
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cf7m-hm28-rpmp
References
More aioseo All In One Seo vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-06599 All in One SEO Pack < 4.1.0.2 - Admin RCE via unserialize CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-03152 All in One SEO < 4.6.1.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2022-17802 WordPress All in One SEO plugin <= 4.2.3.1 - Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-00555 All in One SEO Pack <= 4.2.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2021-07315 All In One SEO < 4.1.5.3 - Authenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2022-20687 WordPress All in One SEO Pro plugin <= 4.2.5.1 - Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2021-25036 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-25036 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cf7m-hm28-rpmp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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