CVE-2025-48165
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIncorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in DELUCKS DELUCKS SEO delucks-seo allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects DELUCKS SEO: from n/a through <= 2.6.0.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · low confidenceThe DELUCKS SEO plugin for WordPress (versions through 2.6.0) contains an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability that allows authenticated users to escalate their privileges beyond what they should normally have, likely through improper role or capability checks in the plugin's administrative functions.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify DELUCKS SEO plugin is installedAccess WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or inspect the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'delucks-seo' or similarAffected if The DELUCKS SEO plugin folder exists in the WordPress plugins directory
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Determine installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, find DELUCKS SEO in the plugins list and view the version number displayed beneath the plugin name, or open the main plugin PHP file (e.g., delucks-seo.php) and look for the 'Version' header commentAffected if The reported version is 2.6.0 or any earlier version
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Check for lower-privileged user access to plugin admin functionsReview the plugin settings and administrative interfaces while logged in as a subscriber, contributor, or author-level user to see if plugin management or configuration pages are accessibleAffected if Non-administrator accounts can access or modify DELUCKS SEO plugin settings or administrative functions
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Audit user roles and capabilitiesNavigate to Users > All Users in WordPress admin and cross-reference which users have access to DELUCKS SEO functionality, or inspect the plugin code for add_menu_page, add_submenu_page, or capability-related function callsAffected if Users with roles below Administrator (such as Editor, Author, Contributor, or Subscriber) can interact with plugin administrative features
A WordPress site is affected if the DELUCKS SEO plugin is installed with version 2.6.0 or earlier and users with non-Administrator roles can access or modify plugin settings or administrative functions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to a patched version of DELUCKS SEO if available; otherwise restrict administrative access to trusted users only and monitor for unauthorized privilege escalation attempts.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-48165 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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