5.3

CVE-2025-12714: rankmath rank math seo – ai seo tools to dominate seo rankings Missing Authorization

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 29-05-2026Last modified 29-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-12714 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Missing Authorization vulnerability in rankmath rank math seo – ai seo tools to dominate seo rankings. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.9% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 1.0.271.1.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

34%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.41% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.41%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Rankmath1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • seo-by-rank-math≤ 1.0.271 (fixed in 1.0.271.1)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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