CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2025-49401

WordPress smart SEO Plugin <= 4.0 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Status: Published
Published: 2025-09-05
Updated: 2026-04-28
Assigning organization: Patchstack

Description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in axiomthemes smart SEO smartSEO allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects smart SEO: from n/a through <= 4.0.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

axiomthemes smart SEO

Default version status: unaffected

0 to ≤ 4.0affected

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/smartSEO/vulnerability/wordpress-smart-seo-plugin-4-0-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve ↗