CVE-2025-6754

{"id": "CVE-2025-6754", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "security@wordfence.com", "cvssData": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 8.8, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"}, "impactScore": 5.9, "exploitabilityScore": 2.8}]}, "published": "2025-08-02T08:15:26.653", "references": [{"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-metrics-helper/trunk/common-functions.php", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-metrics-helper/trunk/endpoint.php", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-metrics-helper/trunk/seo-metrics.php", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-metrics-helper/trunk/welcome-page.php", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-metrics-helper/#developers", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/48658b33-ae53-4919-8180-1188f72553f7?source=cve", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}], "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "security@wordfence.com", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-862"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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\u2019s capabilities, a subscriber-level user can retrieve the token and then access the custom endpoint to obtain full administrator cookies."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "El complemento SEO Metrics para WordPress es vulnerable a la escalada de privilegios debido a la falta de comprobaciones de autorizaci\u00f3n tanto en el controlador AJAX seo_metrics_handle_connect_button_click() como en la funci\u00f3n seo_metrics_handle_custom_endpoint() en las versiones 1.0.5 a 1.0.15. Dado que la acci\u00f3n AJAX solo verifica un nonce, sin comprobar las capacidades del emisor, un usuario de nivel suscriptor puede recuperar el token y acceder al endpoint personalizado para obtener cookies de administrador completas."}], "lastModified": "2025-08-04T15:06:15.833", "sourceIdentifier": "security@wordfence.com"}