WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

SEOJuice < 2.12.0 - Administrator Account Creation via CSRF

Description

The plugin does not correctly restrict a REST API authentication filter, disabling WordPress's REST nonce protection for the whole site and allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform any cookie-authenticated REST action, including creating a new administrator account, by tricking a logged-in administrator into opening a crafted page (CSRF).

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.12.0

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Enrico Marcolini, Claudio Marchesini, Dottor Marc
Submitter
Enrico Marcolini, Claudio Marchesini, Dottor Marc
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-11-12 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-11-12 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-11-13 (about 7 hours ago)

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