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TI-2025-11656 Aliases CVE-2025-12714GHSA-gxcw-fm99-9f74

Missing authorization in rankmath Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings

Priority LOW 30CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

The Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the update_site_editor_homepage function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.271. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify several plugin settings including homepage title, meta description, breadcrumbs label, and social media metadata, which can have severe impact on SEO rankings and display malicious content across all site pages where breadcrumbs are used.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00411 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
rankmathRank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankingsup to 1.0.271—No fix listedCNA
  • Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings Vendorrankmath Affected up to 1.0.271 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rankmath:seo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——rankmath
  • cpe:2.3:a:rankmath:seo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·rankmath

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12714
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gxcw-fm99-9f74

References

Other 6

  • TI-2024-04306 Rank Math SEO < 1.0.219 - Authenticated Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2020-09234 The Rank Math plugin through 1.0.40.2 for WordPress allows unauthenticated remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-76436 Rank Math SEO PRO 3.0.123 - Unauthenticated Embedded Malicious Code CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-16715 WordPress Rank Math SEO plugin <= 1.0.95 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-81669 Rank Math SEO plugin PHP object injection leads to code execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-09687 WordPress Rank Math SEO plugin <= 1.0.107.2 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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