CVE-2021-25036
All In One SEO < 4.1.5.3 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation
The All in One SEO WordPress plugin before 4.1.5.3 is affected by a Privilege Escalation issue, which was discovered during an internal audit by the Jetpack Scan team, and may grant bad actors access to protected REST API endpoints they shouldn’t have access to. This could ultimately enable users with low-privileged accounts, like subscribers, to perform remote code execution on affected sites.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The All in One SEO WordPress plugin before 4.1.5.3 is affected by a Privilege Escalation issue, which was discovered during an internal audit by the Jetpack Scan team, and may grant bad actors access to protected REST API endpoints they shouldn’t have access to. This could ultimately enable users with low-privileged accounts, like subscribers, to perform remote code execution on affected sites.
- Record
CVE-2021-25036- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-178
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
All In One SEO < 4.1.5.3 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation
The All in One SEO WordPress plugin before 4.1.5.3 is affected by a Privilege Escalation issue, which was discovered during an internal audit by the Jetpack Scan team, and may grant bad actors access to protected REST API endpoints they shouldn’t have access to. This could ultimately enable users with low-privileged accounts, like subscribers, to perform remote code execution on affected sites.
- Record
CVE-2021-25036- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11948 No score
The All in One SEO WordPress plugin before 4.1.5.3 is affected by a Privilege Escalation issue, which was discovered during an internal audit by the Jetpack Scan team, and may grant bad actors access to protected REST API endpoints they shouldn’t have access to. This could ultimately enable users with low-privileged accounts, like subscribers, to perform remote code execution on affected sites.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11948- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cf7m-hm28-rpmp
The All in One SEO WordPress plugin before 4.1.5.3 is affected by a Privilege Escalation issue,...
The All in One SEO WordPress plugin before 4.1.5.3 is affected by a Privilege Escalation issue, which was discovered during an internal audit by the Jetpack Scan team, and may grant bad actors access to protected REST API endpoints they shouldn’t have access to. This could ultimately enable users with low-privileged accounts, like subscribers, to perform remote code execution on affected sites.
- Record
GHSA-cf7m-hm28-rpmp- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-178, CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-25036 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Aioseo All In One Seo, published January 17, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.03%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wpscan.com/vulnerability/6de4a7de-6b71-4349-8e52-04c89c5e6d6c
jetpack.com/2021/12/14/severe-vulnerabilities-fixed-in-all-in-one-seo-plugin-version-4-1-5-3
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2640944/all-in-one-seo-pack/trunk/app/Common/Api/Api.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25036
github.com/advisories/GHSA-cf7m-hm28-rpmp