The Premium SEO WordPress plugin is malicious: it ships an unauthenticated backdoor that creates a hidden administrator account and, in some builds, also enables remote code execution, server-side request forgery and arbitrary front-end script/content injection, giving an unauthenticated attacker full control of the affected site.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0115a640-7139-4ef9-81be-6ee5c755a601/ cve-icon
History

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-79
CWE-918
CWE-94

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Description The Premium SEO WordPress plugin is malicious: it ships an unauthenticated backdoor that creates a hidden administrator account and, in some builds, also enables remote code execution, server-side request forgery and arbitrary front-end script/content injection, giving an unauthenticated attacker full control of the affected site.
Title Premium SEO - Unauthenticated Backdoor (Admin Creation / RCE / SSRF / Content Injection)
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-06T16:52:36.191Z

Reserved: 2026-07-06T06:50:05.025Z

Link: CVE-2026-14812

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Updated: 2026-08-07T00:00:05Z