CVE-2025-68019

WordPress SEO Booster plugin <= 6.1.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Published Jan 22, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in cleverplugins SEO Booster seo-booster allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects SEO Booster: from n/a through <= 6.1.8.

Analysis

Technical impact

The flaw is a missing authorization check in the SEO Booster plugin for WordPress, classified as CWE-862. It permits users to access and potentially modify configuration settings or SEO data that they should not be able to reach, leading to undesired information disclosure or manipulation of the site’s search engine optimization.

Affected Systems

The vulnerability is present in the cleverplugins SEO Booster plugin versions from the beginning of its releases up through 6.1.8. No further version information is listed, so any installation using 6.1.8 or earlier is affected.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score is 6.5, indicating a medium severity. The EPSS score is below 1%, suggesting a low current likelihood of exploitation, and the issue is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. An attacker who can submit requests to the plugin’s endpoints—potentially via an authenticated WordPress session—can bypass authorization checks, making the attack vector likely to involve web request manipulation or administrative access credential theft.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

cleverplugins

SEO Booster

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 6.1.8

No data.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cleverplugins	Seo Booster	—
Wordpress	Wordpress	—

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

Update the SEO Booster plugin to version 6.1.9 or later to remove the missing authorization checks
If an immediate update is not possible, limit exposure by restricting access to the plugin’s administrative pages to users with the highest privileges (e.g., only administrators) and apply role‑based access controls
Perform an audit of all users with WordPress access privileges to ensure that only trusted accounts have sufficient rights to interact with SEO Booster

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 27, 2026 at 21:22 UTC.

Tracking

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.393% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/seo-booster/vulnerability/wordpress-seo-booster-plugin-6-1-8-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Jan 29, 2026 12:15 AM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Jan 23, 2026 4:45 PM First appearance in the feed. Affected vendors updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Cleverplugins Cleverplugins seo Booster Wordpress Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products		Cleverplugins Cleverplugins seo Booster Wordpress Wordpress wordpress

Jan 22, 2026 11:00 PM Description updated. Title updated. Weaknesses updated. Added references View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Missing Authorization vulnerability in cleverplugins SEO Booster seo-booster allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects SEO Booster: from n/a through <= 6.1.8.
Title		WordPress SEO Booster plugin <= 6.1.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-862
References		https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/seo-booster/vulnerability/wordpress-seo-booster-plugin-6-1-8-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve