CVE-2025-14386
Auth bypass in WordPress plugin allows admin login via subscriber access.
Is CVE-2025-14386 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-14386 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-14386?
CVE-2025-14386 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-14386?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-14386, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2025-14386 affect?
CVE-2025-14386 affects WordPress, Search Atlas SEO plugin (versions 2.4.4-2.5.12). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-14386?
Update to patched version or remove plugin
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Attacker with Subscriber+ can bypass login and take over admin via nonce_token exposure.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 2.4.4 and <= 2.5.12
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.