CVE-2025-12809
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Unauthorized Data Access in Dokan Pro REST API Endpoint

Publication date: 2025-12-16

Last updated on: 2025-12-16

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The Dokan Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the `/dokan/v1/wholesale/register` REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enumerate users and retrieve their email addresses via the REST API by providing a user ID, along with other information such as usernames, display names, user roles, and registration dates.
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Published
2025-12-16
Last Modified
2025-12-16
Generated
2026-06-16
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2025-12-16
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2025-12809
EUVD
EUVD-2025-203498
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dokan dokan_pro *
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CWE ID Description
CWE-862 The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
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Executive Summary

The vulnerability in the Dokan Pro plugin for WordPress is due to a missing capability check on the /dokan/v1/wholesale/register REST API endpoint in versions up to 4.1.3. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to access user data without authorization by providing a user ID. Attackers can enumerate users and retrieve sensitive information such as email addresses, usernames, display names, user roles, and registration dates via the REST API.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can impact you by allowing unauthorized individuals to access and collect sensitive user information such as email addresses, usernames, display names, user roles, and registration dates. This unauthorized data exposure can lead to privacy breaches, targeted phishing attacks, and potential misuse of user information.

Detection Guidance

You can detect this vulnerability by attempting to access the vulnerable REST API endpoint `/dokan/v1/wholesale/register` without authentication and checking if user data such as email addresses, usernames, display names, user roles, and registration dates are returned. For example, you can use the following curl command to test this: curl -X GET https://your-wordpress-site.com/wp-json/dokan/v1/wholesale/register?user_id=1 If the response returns user information without authentication, your system is vulnerable.

Mitigation Strategies

The immediate mitigation step is to update the Dokan Pro plugin to a version later than 4.1.3 where authorization checks have been added to the wholesale customer registration API endpoint to prevent unauthorized access. If updating is not immediately possible, restrict access to the REST API endpoint `/dokan/v1/wholesale/register` via firewall rules or other access control methods to prevent unauthenticated requests. [2]

Compliance Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to access user data such as email addresses, usernames, display names, user roles, and registration dates via the REST API. This unauthorized access to personal data could lead to non-compliance with data protection regulations like GDPR and HIPAA, which require strict controls on personal data access and protection against unauthorized disclosure. [2]

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