Improper authorization in Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- 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-285.
Summary
The Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an incorrect capability check on the 'rankology_code_block' page in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to add header and footer code blocks.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12958
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x8rq-m8j4-85pr
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c97a341c-23f5-49a9-ad05-1fb387047e3b?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/rankology-seo-and-analytics-tool/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3441084%40rankology-seo-and-analytics-tool&new=3441084%40rankology-seo-and-analytics-tool&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More Rankology vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-23556 WordPress Rankology SEO – On-site SEO plugin <= 2.2.4 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-12958 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12958 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x8rq-m8j4-85pr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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