---
id: CVE-2025-12847
title: >-
  The All in One SEO – Powerful SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Increase
  Traffic plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary media
  attachment deletion due to a missing authorization check in all versions up
  to, and incl…
summary: >-
  The All in One SEO – Powerful SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Increase
  Traffic plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary media
  attachment deletion due to a missing authorization check in all versions up
  to, and incl…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
published: '2025-11-15'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T23:10:00.237'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12847'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/all-in-one-seo-pack/tags/4.8.9/app/Common/Ai/Image.php#L192
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/all-in-one-seo-pack/tags/4.8.9/app/Common/Api/Ai.php#L542
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/all-in-one-seo-pack/tags/4.8.9/app/Common/Api/Api.php#L192
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/all-in-one-seo-pack/tags/4.8.9/app/Common/Utils/Access.php#L184
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3393820%40all-in-one-seo-pack&old=3384131%40all-in-one-seo-pack&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file1387
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/05abc09f-903b-45a9-8cde-1bf8fd5d7d44?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00235
epssPercentile: 0.13115
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T23:29:32.470Z'
---

## Overview

The All in One SEO – Powerful SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary media attachment deletion due to a missing authorization check in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.9. This is due to the REST API endpoint `/wp-json/aioseo/v1/ai/image-generator` only verifying that users have the `edit_posts` capability (Contributors and above) without checking if they own or have permission to delete the specific media attachments. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to permanently delete arbitrary media attachments by ID via the REST API, granted they can determine valid attachment IDs.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.