CVE-2025-49401

9.8 criticalEPSS 0.4%

Critical (9.8). EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 38% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-266
Published: 2025-09-05
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

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

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