CVE-2025-6754

HIGH

SEO Metrics <1.0.15 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0037
EPSS Percentile 28.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-862
Status published
Products (2)
seometricsplugin/SEO Metrics < 1.0.15
seometricsplugin/SEO Metrics < 1.0.5
Published Aug 02, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026