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Publication date: 2025-11-08

Last updated on: 2025-11-12

Assigner: Wordfence

Description

The Flexible Refund and Return Order for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a misconfigured capability check on the 'create_refund' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.42. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to update the status of refund requests, including approving and refusing refunds.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-08

Last Modified

2025-11-12

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-08

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-12621

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
wpdesk	flexible_refund_and_return_order_for_woocommerce	1.0.43
wpdesk	flexible_refund_and_return_order_for_woocommerce	1.0.42

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-863	The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability exists in the Flexible Refund and Return Order for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress, where a misconfigured capability check on the 'create_refund' function allows authenticated users with Contributor-level access or higher to modify refund request statuses. This means such users can approve or refuse refunds without proper authorization.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can impact you by allowing unauthorized users with Contributor-level access or above to change the status of refund requests, potentially leading to fraudulent approvals or refusals of refunds. This could result in financial loss, customer dissatisfaction, and damage to your business reputation.

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