Vulnerability · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-14386Search Atlas SEO – Premier SEO Plugin for One-Click WP Publishing & Integrated AI Optimization 2.4.4 - 2.5.12 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authentication Bypass via Account Takeover
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity missing authorization in Search Atlas SEO – Premier SEO Plugin for One-Click WP Publishing & Integrated AI Optimization from shahrukhlinkgraph. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Search Atlas SEO – Premier SEO Plugin for One-Click WP Publishing & Integrated AI Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass due to a missing capability check on the 'generate_sso_url' and 'validate_sso_token' functions in versions 2.4.4 to 2.5.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to extract the 'nonce_token' authentication value to log in to the first Administrator's account.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| shahrukhlinkgraph | Search Atlas SEO – Premier SEO Plugin for One-Click WP Publishing & Integrated AI Optimization | 2.4.4 – through 2.5.12 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f63d2c4-cbae-4177-8494-daca96449ecc?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metasync/tags/2.5.12/admin/class-metasync-admin.php#L1042
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metasync/tags/2.5.12/admin/class-metasync-admin.php#L851
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metasync/tags/2.5.12/admin/class-metasync-admin.php#L1141